Watch as SpinLaunch’s rocket-flinging slingshot hurls Nasa payload 25,000ft above Earth’s surface using huge arm

A HUGE slingshot has hurled its first Nasa payload on a test flight that could pave the way for a unique way to send satellites into orbit.

Spaceflight technology firm SpinLaunch’s groundbreaking Orbital Accelerator launches objects using a rotating carbon-fibre arm housed within a 300ft-wide steel vacuum chamber.

YouTube/SpinLaunchSpinLaunch’s spacecraft-launching slingshot has completed its latest test[/caption] YouTube/SpinLaunchThe enormous structure is taller than the...