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Giant catapult sends satellites into space without rocket fuel

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Giant catapult sends satellites into space without rocket fuel

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cm0002@lemmy.world to [Dormant] moved to !space@mander.xyz@lemmy.world · 4 months ago

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Instead of using traditional rocket fuel, SpinLaunch uses a massive rotating arm to propel satellites into Earth orbit solely by electricity

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Also, the spinning thing is in a vacuum. The rail thing has loss due to drag.

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