It was the tenth launch, and the company succeeded in putting NASA, Airbus, Cornell University and satellite developer Outpost’s spacecraft into orbit for the first time.
The high-tech catapult works like this: first, the payload orbits the company’s suborbital booster with an acceleration of 10,000 g, then is launched into the sky.
The circular booster itself is electrically powered and uses a mechanical arm to move loads in a circle to achieve incredibly high speeds.
Recall that the first flight tests of SpinLaunch took place not so long ago – only in November 2021. The system itself has been in development since 2015.
Source: Ferra
