Massive slingshot: SpinLaunch unveils a new concept for an orbital launch system.
The American startup SpinLaunch, which aims to send payloads into space while minimizing rocket fuel consumption, has unveiled a concept for a 100-meter orbital launch system. Construction is slated to begin in 2025.
2024-10-27 08:29:42https://naked-science.ru/community/1001229
In September 2022, the 33-meter prototype of the SpinLaunch system successfully launched a payload into orbit for NASA, Airbus, Cornell University (USA), and the satellite company Outpost for the first time.
The SpinLaunch launch system accelerates rockets to incredible speeds within a vacuum chamber using electric motors. Once the centrifuge reaches the desired speed, a release mechanism launches the rocket, propelling it out of the chamber at approximately 2.2 kilometers per second.
When the launch vehicle reaches suborbital altitude, the engines ignite, and the rocket delivers the payload into orbit.
