The project must have made some people smile when it was presented a few years ago, but here it comes to fruition, passing the stages one after the other successfully in the real world.
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On April 22, SpinLaunch achieved a new feat with the launch (a jet?) in theatmosphere of one racing car 3 meters long, equipped with a camera for the first time. « Fly with a camera digital onboard marks an important step towards the integration of complex payloads into test vehicles.” said Spinlaunch. The result — as you can imagine — is beautiful, spectacular, sensational and would make anyone on board dizzy. But the device is not designed for manned flights. It is rather the putting satellites into orbitand the Set of small satellites…” data-url=”https://www.futura-sciences.com/sciences/definitions/universe-constellation-21/” data-more=”Read more”>constellations of mini-satellites, which the company is aiming for. And this, at a lower economic and ecological cost (this often goes hand in hand), because the system needs much lessenergy to propel its projectiles into space.
The SpinLaunch Centrifuge is a huge and astonishing disc some 50 meters high and 33 meters in diameter. The machine can reach the force of 9,000 to 10,000 G (2,000 times that endured by the astronauts take-off!), assures the company which has so far only tried it at 20% of its capacity.
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