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Kiwi-invented ‘rocket-plane’ - Dawn Aerospace | Stuff.co.nz (www.youtube.com)

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[–] Ilovethebomb@lemmy.nz 2 points 1 week ago

Virgin are working on a system where a high altitude aircraft will deploy a rocket, and a similar system was developed using an F-14 as a launch vehicle.

I'm not away of a single stage system doing this before now though.