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Stratolaunch

Stratolaunch developed a carrier aircraft to launch orbital rockets from the stratosphere, providing altitude and speed boosts to reduce launch costs.

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Founded	2010
Closed	2019
Country	United States
Sector	Mobility

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The company's failure was primarily triggered by the death of founder Paul Allen in October 2018, which removed the visionary leadership that drove the project. After his death, leadership lost direction and ma...

de strategic pivots away from Allen's original vision, including abandoning custom booster rockets in favor of launching existing Pegasus XL rockets, which undermined the company's core value proposit

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