The giant catapult machine is located at Spaceport America in New Mexico, USA.
America National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) plans to test an unconventional system later this year to launch small objects into low-Earth orbit. according to this Space.comThe space agency has signed a deal with California-based startup SpinLaunch to test its extraordinary Whirl ‘n’ Hurl space launch technology, which accelerates a launch vehicle to hypersonic speeds using an electric centrifuge, Throws it towards the sky like a space disc.
The system aims to make space launches more economical and environment-friendly. For several months now, SpinLaunch has been running tests of its system in the desert of New Mexico and also conducted a successful first test in October 2021, flying a 10-foot-long projectile to an altitude of thousands of feet. The company said in a statement that its future A-33 suborbital mass accelerator acts like a “slingshot”.
Now, the test flight, which is expected later this year, will provide NASA with valuable information for future commercial launch opportunities, Spinlaunch said. The company also said the Space Act agreement is part of NASA’s Flight Opportunities Program, which helps demonstrate technologies that can aid the agency’s science and exploration departments and spur the growth of the private spaceflight industry. Huh.
The ‘Kinetic’ launch system, touted as a green alternative to fuel-based launches, works by attaching a reusable rocket to an electric vacuum-sealed centrifuge with a giant rotating arm and propelling it to sound rotates at a speed several times greater than the speed of The rocket is then released, after which it travels into space to release payloads such as small satellites into low-Earth orbit.
The giant catapult machine is located at Spaceport America in New Mexico. It is slightly higher than the Statue of Liberty. While NASA plans to test the extraordinary machine later this year, SpinLaunch aims to begin its first orbital test flights in 2025. According to Space.com, the agreement with NASA is seen as an important milestone in the company’s journey, said Spinlaunch founder and CEO Jonathan.