Space Company Tests Giant Satellite-Launching "Slingshot"
A space company has successfully completed a test launch using a high-tech accelerator, which works much like a slingshot.
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Startup SpinLaunch aces 10th suborbital launch with high-tech slingshot
SpinLaunch, a California-based start-up developing a rotating arm that can tfling small satellites into near-Earth space has pulled off its tenth successful test launch in less than a year.
Source: space.com
Moment giant 'slingshot' hurls payloads 25,000 feet above Earth's surface
The accelerator, which stands taller than the Statue of Liberty, hurled payloads provided by NASA and Airbus 25,000 feet into the air using a giant rotating arm that moves at 5,000mph.
Source: dailymail.co.uk
SpinLaunch wraps up new round to fling payloads to space
Instead of using a conventional rocket to vertically propel things to orbit, SpinLaunch wants to use an aerodynamic launch vehicle attached to a rotating arm in a large vacuum chamber.
Source: techcrunch.com
Second stage engine test moves Skyrora towards UK launch
Edinburgh-based rocket company Skyrora has successfully completed a static fire test of the second stage of its flagship Skyrora XL orbital rocket.
Source: electronicsweekly.com