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Using centripetal force puts it in trebuchet territory does it not?
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So the article says they’ve done ten successful launches.
What does that actually mean? It’s real short on details.
They’ve successfully put ten payloads in orbit? Or what?
They’ve not put any payload into orbit yet. They’ve been conducting suborbital flights with a 1/3-scale launcher.
If you really believe that this will work anytime in the next decade, and that it doesn’t need a rocket to circularize the projectile’s orbit, I have a bridge to sell you.
They have been trying to find somewhere to build their next scale up for a few years now.
SpinLaunch’s approach seems closer to a sling than to a catapult or trebuchet.
Sling, that’s it!
Either way, it’s good that the article spends some space on the possible uses of satellites. Otherwise people could get the impression it’s all for fun, or something like that.
The ultimate (meaning final) fairground attraction.
