Watch a gigantic ‘slingshot’ hurl a payload into the stratosphere at 5,000mph
Well, that’s one way to get something up into space (Credit: SpinLaunch/YouTube)
A unique way of putting satellites and small spacecraft into orbit is being developed by a US company.
Why bother with a complicated rocket launch when you can just slingshot them into the sky?
We’re simplifying, but that’s the aim of SpinLaunch – a company that built an accelerator to literally hurl things into space.
The structure stands four feet taller than the Statue of Liberty...
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