A NASA SpinLaunch test will take place later this year to see if the kinetic launch system can provide NASA with new launch options.
system is the number of possibilities that it unlocks for getting more satellites to space. Currently, getting new spacecraft up through the atmosphere is costly. Not only does it cost a lot to build the hardware for the spacecraft, but you also have to juggle fuel costs and the cost of launch stations.
You also have to take the number of G’s created into account, too. Launch vehicles are situated at the end of a large carbon-fiber arm. They are then spun at extreme speeds until ready to launch. These speeds can create up to 10,000 G’s during the wind-up. The human body is only able to withstand up to 9 G’s, and even then, only for a few seconds. So, putting an astronaut in those conditions is out of the question.
But how does it work? Essentially, SpinLaunch works by attaching the launch vehicle to the end of a carbon-fiber arm housed in a 300-foot diameter steel vacuum chamber. The arm spins repeatedly until it reaches the velocities needed to launch the vehicle. It will utilize this same system during the NASA SpinLaunch test later this year.
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