Stratolaunch to Launch Pegasus Rockets

Stratolaunch Systems will use the giant aircraft the company is currently developing to launch Pegasus rockets from Orbital ATK as part of a "multi-year" partnership, the two companies announced Oct. 6. Under the agreement, Orbital ATK will provide "multiple" Pegasus XL rockets, currently launched by its own Lockheed L-1011 aircraft, to Stratolaunch Systems, which will launch them from its own aircraft. An illustration released by Stratolaunch showed three Pegasus XL rockets suspended