Takeoffó for the first time the Stratolaunch, which now occupies first place as the aircraft más largest in the world since 2019, leaving behindás even to the Antonov An-225.
La empresa Stratolaunch Systems Corporation de Paul G. All celebró the sánot yet 13 april 2019 the first takeoff and flight of what is now the airplaneón más biggest in the world, el Stratolaunch marcó a new milestone in its process of being an aircraft that allows launches into spaceás reliable, affordable and accessible than ever.
Avión más biggest in the world, but only by size
First of all, we must clarify that the Scaled 351 Stratolauncher (spec modelípic of this avión), it's the new avión más largest in the world due to its size (tamañor from extreme to wingtips) from 117.3 meters in total, versus the 88.4 meters from the Antonov An-225.
like the gráfica shows it, the Stratolaunch is the avión más largest in the world by wingspan, but it is not the más largo, alto, Loading capacity (although very close to the Antonov 225) or passengers, but without a doubt a great aircraft that already flies the skies of the world with a missionón very special.
La misión del Stratolaunch
This aircraft will haveá the objective of shortening trips to space by being an aircraftón freighter that from más de 38 thousand feet of altitude beá from where rockets and other new prototypes of spacecraft are launched that the project isá diseñando.
from this aircraft, tenderán the ability to adapt the positionólaunch and adjust the mission trajectoryón themselvesún the needs and above all, avoid weather conditionsólogics that on the ground often delay launches and increase the operating costs of space missions.
The first flight was madeó from the famous Mohave airport in the desert, where for meás de 2 hours and a half the aircraft with matríN651SL madeó its first flight within the certification processón of type before the FAA.
Constructionón del Stratolaunch
Your designñor contemplates a weight of the entire aircraft of 540,000 kg (1,200,000 lb) including the vehicleílaunch ass with full fuel and requires a runway of at least 3,700 m (12,000 pies) long. It can transport más de 230,000 kg (500,000 lb) load úto.
the grandfatherón which was conceived as a «aircraft carrier» it is powered by six Pratt engines & Whitney PW4000 with a thrust potential of 205–296 kN (46,000–66,500 lbf), which were previously from two Boeing 747-400 used ones that were cannibalized for this propósite.
Apart from the engines, these boeing 747 spaghettién they served as a base for the aviónica, undercarriage (12 total) and other proven systems to reduce initial development costs.
The Stratolaunch has a configurationón double fuselage, each of 238 pies (73 m) long and supported by 12 main landing gear wheels and two nose wheels, for a total of 28 wheel. Each fuselage has its own empennage with horizontal and vertical stabilizers, leaving a ácleared area behindás of the load úUseful to reduce the risk of interference during flight.
The pilot, the copilot and flight engineer areán in the right cockpit of the fuselage, while the one on the left fuselage isá vacíor and without pressureón. Flight data systems areán in the left fuselage.t
The Stratolaunch was designedñdesigned to have a range of 2,200 km (1,200 nmi), independentíestimated for when you carry out a missionólaunch numberéreo.
Characterístatic
- Length: 73 meters
- Wingspan: 117 meters
- Height: 15 meters
- Empty weightíO: 500,000 lb (226,796 kg)
- Gross weight: 750,000 lb (340,194 kg) no load úto external
- Pesos mátakeoff time: 1,300,000 lb (589,670 kg)
- Load úto external: 550,000 lb (250,000 kg)
- engines: 6 × Pratt & Whitney PW4056 turbofan, 56,750 lbf (252.4 kN) thrust every
- Speed máxima: 461 kn; 853 km / h (530 mph)
- Rank: 1,000 nmi (1,151 mi; 1,852 km) radio
- ferry range: 2,500 nmi (2,877 mi; 4,630 km)
