AirLaunch LLC

Infobox_Company
company_name = AirLaunch LLC.
company_
company_type = Private
company_slogan = "Launch Anywhere ... Global Reach"
foundation = 2000-2003
location = Kirkland, Washington, USA
key_people = Ms. Debra Facktor Lepore (President), Gary Hudson (Founder)
industry = Aerospace and defense
products = Orbital rocket launch; Aerospace Hardware
homepage = [http://www.airlaunchllc.com/ www.airlaunchllc.com]

AirLaunch LLC is an aerospace design and development company headquartered in Kirkland, Washington. They hope to provide launch services for launching payloads into orbits around the Earth. This is to be realized through a method called air launch where a rocket is carried within an aircraft and then dropped from altitude. The rocket engine is then ignited where the rocket (with its payload) enter into a low earth orbit. On June 14, 2006, the firm, in a DARPA sponsored test, dropped a 65,000 lb dummy payload from the back of a C-17, the largest single load ever dropped from an airplane. [ [http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-15614350_ITM DARPA, Air Force and AirLaunch LLC Drop Test Sets New C-17 Record] ] Airlaunch is currently undergoing upper stage propulsion development for the QuickReach orbital launch vehicle. The QuickReach vehicle is part of the Air Force and DARPA Falcon Small Launch Vehicle Program.

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External links

* [http://www.airlaunchllc.com/ Company web site] .