SpinLaunch Flight Test No. 7 Video
Video Caption: Get an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at how SpinLaunch conducts a typical flight test on our Suborbital Accelerator Launch System. Located at Spaceport America in New Mexico, the Suborbital Accelerator is a ground-based, electric-powered kinetic launch system that accelerates a 3-meter flight test vehicle thousands of miles per hour, tens of thousands of feet into the atmosphere.
Comprised of the key components needed for the Orbital Launch System, the Suborbital Accelerator is a critical stepping stone in SpinLaunch’s path to orbit and providing customers with low-cost, sustainable access to space.
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Okay, so they attach a counterweight, which makes sense. But when they release the flight vehicle, wouldn’t they have to release the counterweight at the same time, to keep the spinning arm from becoming unbalanced and tearing the structure apart? If so, where does the counterweight go?
Logically in the opposite direction, into a pit most likely. The question of the pit design would be if the counter weigh is solid, sand, or liquid. If the latter two it would likely be in a container that would shatter at the bottom of the pit. But I don’t see a tunnel into a pit…
They use really long screws, and then everyone in New Mexico leans the other way.
Is it gonna be at Burning Man?
1,200 mph from a complicated contraption. Roughly a high power pistol velocity. +-1,760 fps on this test. 530-540 mps. Sure it’s just a test, but it’s a long way from convincing.