On April 13, the world's largest aircraft consists of two Boeing 747 aircraft and six engines with the first test flight in California, USA.
The world's largest aircraft flies through the desert in California, USA on April 13.(Photo: AFP / VNA).
The first flight of this super-plane is flying through the Mojave desert. The aircraft was designed to carry a missile into the air and drop the missile to serve the launch of satellites.
The development of this model is expected to create a more convenient method of launching satellites using missile launchers because all that is needed for a launch is just a long runway to take off.
The aircraft was ordered by Stratolaunch, which was created by Scaled Composites. With a wingspan (115m), longer than a football field and 1.5 times the wingspan of an Airbus A380 (less than 80m), the aircraft completed its first journey in about 2 1/2 hours, with speed The maximum level is 304 km / h and the height is 5,182m above the ground.
This aircraft has a wingspan of 1.5 times that of an Airbus A380.(Photo: AFP / VNA).
Stratolaunch's CEO confirmed that the flight will be the start of a new convenient way to launch satellites to replace ground-based launch systems.
Stratolaunch is funded by Microsoft co-founder, Paul Allen, with a vision to enter the service market for launching small satellites. After the billionaire Allen died in October 2018, the project and the company's future also became blind.
