World S Largest Plane Stratolaunch Roc Just Completed Its Fifth Test Flight

The world’s largest flying aircraft ‘Roc’ has completed its fifth test flight, the aircraft’s maker Stratolaunch has announced. According to the company, Roc flew for 4 hours and 58 minutes over the Mojave Desert and reached an altitude of 22,500 feet (6,858 meters). Here’s a look at the details.

With a wingspan of 385 feet (117 meters), Stratolaunch’s Roc is for carrying hypersonic vehicles. In the latest test flight, the company debuted a new pylon on the aircraft’s center wing to carry and release Talon-A hypersonic vehicles. Talon-A vehicles are rocket-powered, autonomous, reusable testbeds carrying customizable payloads at speeds above Mach 5.

Alongside the carrier aircraft, Stratolaunch is working on system integration and functional testing of its two Talon-A test vehicles, TA-0 and TA-1.