This is the “slingshot” that NASA will launch to launch ships without an engine at supersonic speeds

After the successful first test at the end of last year, the Container Decided to launch its first payload into space with a “slingshot” SpinlaunchKinetic firing system Spins a non-motorized spacecraft at supersonic speed to edit it and send it into space.

Jonathan JanneyFounder Spinlaunch, asserts that “what began as an innovative idea to make space more accessible has embodied in a mature and technologically revolutionary approach to launching satellites into space.” to me YanniThey hope to announce more partners and customers soon.

How does “Slingshot” work?

Spinlaunch will not use chemical engines to send its rockets into space. Moreover, do not use motors of any kind. The only thing like them is Electrical mechanisms that accelerate a ship to supersonic speed before launching into the sky.

the ship It sits on a mechanism attached to carbon fiber cables within a circular vacuum chamber. Thanks to this vacuum, electric motors begin to accelerate the load, reaching speeds of up to 8000 kilometers per hour. The moment you reach your desired speed, the system releases the ship from the spindle system and it shoots to fly toward its destination, so it’s like a “slingshot”. According to the company, They’ve been working on their system for seven years. After their first successful test, they are now building a larger machine – called the L100 Orbital Mass Accelerator – to launch satellites weighing up to 200 kilograms into orbit.

According to its creators, this system is much more effective than conventional launches. As shown SpinlochThis “slingshot” will cost almost ten times the cost of a normal rocket launch and will consume four times less energy.

NASA launch

This new system is no match for companies like SpaceX. The bad thing about this process is that it can’t be performed with humans since then With a force of 10,000 J, the astronauts will practically end up disintegrating. The company warns that all satellite components must be designed to withstand these extreme levels of acceleration without problems, but notes that this is already possible today, in addition, progressive accelerometer.