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What portion of escape velocity is imparted by the spinning ground launch? I assume it's more of a jumpstart and still requires a rocket?
by ilaksh 4y ago
What portion of escape velocity is imparted by the spinning ground launch? I assume it's more of a jumpstart and still requires a rocket?
- puffoflogic 4y agoThis device is not capable of putting anything into orbit. Orbits require velocity tangent to a sphere around the parent body (approximately). This device imparts velocity at very nearly a right angle to that.
- bearmode 4y agoThe article does say that they use a small rocket for final orbital insertion. Payloads can still absolutely be put into orbit using spinlaunch, with a small amount of extra rocket assistance
- pkaye 4y agoCheck out this Real Engineering video. Goes it a lot of engineering details. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrc632oilWo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrc632oilWo
- mhio 4y agoMaybe about 1.7km/s at 75km apogee [0] for a low earth orbit of around 7-8km/s at 200km. Then a regular(ish) rocket housed inside the centrifuge launch vehicle would separate and make up the rest. 0: https://twitter.com/DJSnM/status/1458467841779253253 https://twitter.com/DJSnM/status/1458467841779253253