C-17 Falcon Small Launch Vehicle Program

Описание: #OTD 27 July 2006 - A team composed of the 412th Test Wing, DARPA, and AirLaunch LLC broke records for the largest single object to be dropped from a C-17 as a full-scale simulated AirLaunch QuickReach rocket weighing 72,000 pounds was dropped as part of the joint DARPA/Air Force Falcon Small Launch Vehicle Program. The team broke their own record set just over a month ago when a simulated QuickReach rocket that weighed 65,000 pounds was dropped out of a C-17 on June 14. The video is from the actual mission and shows the Falcon SLV being loaded and launched from the C-17.