Uploaded November 2021 | Updated September 2026, 21 hours ago
The concept behind that system is simple. Essentially, SpinLaunch wants to get to orbit by using a large, vacuum-sealed chamber and a hypersonic tether to spin a spacecraft at a high enough velocity up to 5000 miles per hour to escape the atmosphere. That means no rocket, no rocket engines.
The concept behind that system is simple. Essentially, SpinLaunch wants to get to orbit by using a large, vacuum-sealed chamber and a hypersonic tether to spin a spacecraft at a high enough velocity up to 5000 miles per hour to escape the atmosphere. That means no rocket, no rocket engines.
