SpinLaunch wants to radically redesign rocketry. Will its tech work?

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Wednesday, June 15, 2022 05:34:30 AM UTC

A California startup is developing a system that it says will spin satellites at more than 5,000 miles per hour before flinging them into space.

Humanity has been putting objects into orbit for six decades now. This is not how it's been done.

Is it possible? The answer is different depending on who you ask.

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