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AirLaunch drops biggest rocket dummy yet

Submit on Tuesday, August 1st, 2006 07:33

AirLaunch announced that its industry-U.S. government team has dropped successfully a 32-metric ton rocket from a C-17 cargo aircraft. The rocket, a full-scale simulated AirLaunch QuickReach, was the largest single object to be dropped from a C-17 as part of the DARPA/Air Force Falcon Small Launch Vehicle Program.

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