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Whybecauseoh t1_j4h5a9h wrote

Reply to comment by lughnasadh in The Stratolaunch Roc, the largest aircraft ever flown, has just completed a 6-hour test flight. It aims to be a platform to launch reusable hypersonic craft from an altitude of 10 km by lughnasadh

Launches from aircraft to orbit have been going on for years actually.

https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/launch/L-1011-pegasus.html

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Isord t1_j4j2k3y wrote

Technically anti-satellite missiles are also launched from aircraft into orbit.

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