Why Launching Satellites From a Fighter Jet Makes Sense

Summary

Starfighters Space CEO: Picture the fighter jet as a first stage, not an aircraft | Invest 2026 Paid partnership. Starfighters Space chief executive Tim Franta tells Pras Subramanian how the company launches payloads from a fleet of F-104 fighter jets flying out of Kennedy Space Center, why air launch beats a launch pad on fuel, and how the same rocket on the same aircraft serves both a space mission and a hypersonic one. He explains the Star Launch programme, a first under-wing test flight due in December, and what the SpaceX listing did for capital availability across smaller space…

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