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Spinlaunch completes suborbital launch without engine

12 pointsby danielandrews43over 3 years ago

3 comments

trompover 3 years ago
<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.dailymail.co.uk&#x2F;sciencetech&#x2F;article-10186369&#x2F;The-future-satellite-launches-Startup-CATAPULTS-prototype-vehicle-space.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.dailymail.co.uk&#x2F;sciencetech&#x2F;article-10186369&#x2F;The...</a> has some more info:<p>&quot;A 10ft-long projectile was rapidly accelerated to thousands of miles an hour in a rotating arm before being released for launch &#x27;in less than a millisecond&#x27;.<p>The first suborbital flight used about 20 per cent of the accelerator&#x27;s full power capacity and reached a test altitude &#x27;in the tens of thousands of feet,&#x27; Yaney said.<p>The vehicle used did not have a rocket engine onboard but SpinLaunch does plan to add one, as well as other internal systems, in future test flights. &quot;
gvbover 3 years ago
Questions:<p>1. How high did it go?<p>2. How fast was it going when it exited the launcher?<p>3. How much did the launched object (&quot;lawn dart&quot;) weigh?<p>Q1 is most interesting. Q2 is right behind Q1.
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RattleyCooperover 3 years ago
Sweet idea but that blinding pure white control room is a bit much.
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