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Monday, October 24, 2005

Air Drops Dummy Rocket for Darpa's Falcon
AirLaunch's novelty approach to launch a rocket with a 1,000 lb. of payload into orbit is attractive enought for DARPA to fund it under the Falcon small launch vehicle (SLV) project.

AirLaunch's Quick Reach I rocket weighting 72,000 lb. will drop out from the rear of a C-17 at 33,000ft for an air launch.

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