Although costs and environmental impacts remain a major concern in space exploration, SpinLaunch The said company has managed to find a very interesting solution to overcome these obstacles.

in 2014 Jonathan Yaney Founded by SpinLaunch, it has developed a launch system that works with a kind of catapult logic as an alternative to the chemical fuels and high costs of traditional rockets.

This centrifuge-based launch system is basically designed to spin satellites at enormous speeds and launch them into the atmosphere.

This technology, which works with the logic of a catapult, aims to make access to space much more economical and environmentally friendly.

This innovative launch system A 100 meter wide vacuum centrifuge The satellite is accelerated by electrically driven motors in this centrifuge.

The centrifuge rotates the satellite approximately every hour. At a speed of up to 8,000 kilometers spins it around and at one point throws it away.

So we can call it a kind of giant catapult that works with superior technology.

Because the energy used during launch is provided by electricity, there is no need for chemical rocket fuels, and this method reduces both costs and and minimize environmental impacts download.

of the system work process It’s quite interesting.

Almost in a vacuum chamber accelerated in a frictionless environment In this way the satellite can be ejected at a speed high enough to be carried out of the atmosphere.

During the orbital phase, a small rocket engine comes into action. positioning of the satellite offers.

For example, SpinLaunch is a more efficient fuel system that does not require large fuel reserves. both sustainable and cost-effective offers a method.

It is known that SpinLaunch conducted its first successful experiment at Spaceport America in New Mexico in 2021.

This test uses SpinLaunch’s centrifuge-based launch system that it can work both in theory and in practice is proven proven.

The company’s goal is to develop the system after these successful tests. to bring it to full scale It is said to be able to send larger and heavier payloads into orbit.

So much so that SpinLaunch is in development many important collaborations founded and received investments from prestigious lenders.

For example NASA, Working with the company to test SpinLaunch’s centrifuge launch technology in 2022 was an important step toward testing the system and its potential applications.

The support of an institution like NASA makes SpinLaunch very special innovative and revolutionary technology We can also say that it proves that it has capabilities and can contribute to space research.

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