SpinLaunch, a company developing an alternative launch system that fires payloads at hypersonic speeds from a ground-based centrifuge, successfully fired its first projectile from a subscale version of its accelerator.
SpinLaunch conducts first test of suborbital accelerator at Spaceport America
Written by Jeff Foust Wednesday, 10 November 2021 22:59-
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SpinLaunch, a company developing an alternative launch system that fires payloads at hypersonic speeds from a ground-based centrifuge, successfully fired its first projectile from a subscale version of its accelerator.