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US Centrifuge to Throw Satellites into Orbit – New Scientist

Its suborbital accelerator, a colossal centrifuge facility, looks like a flying saucer on its side, the UK popular science weekly said


SpinLaunch plans to use a giant centrifuge taller than the Statue of Liberty to fling satellites into space. Photo: SpinLaunch

 

As the US and China compete in a furious space race, a New Mexico company believes it can out-throw its competitors, according to a New Scientist report. SpinLaunch plans to use a giant centrifuge taller than the Statue of Liberty to fling satellites into space.

Its suborbital accelerator, a colossal centrifuge facility, looks like a flying saucer on its side, the UK popular science weekly said, its reporter adding: “It seems like a wild idea, but it just might work, as I saw when I watched the company’s ninth test flight.”

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George Russell is a freelance writer and editor based in Hong Kong who has lived in Asia since 1996. His work has been published in the Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, New York Post, Variety, Forbes and the South China Morning Post.