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Rocket Lab's modified Electron rocket HASTE achieves first suborbital launch

Rocket Lab's new suborbital launch vehicle— Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron (HASTE) — successfully completed a test flight on Saturday, June. 17. The Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital ...
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NASA Will Test SpinLaunch's Suborbital Accelerator That Flings Satellites Into Orbit

One of the most exciting things about NASA signing on to test SpinLaunch's system is the number of possibilities that it unlocks for getting more satellites to space. Currently, getting new spacecraft ...
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Dizzying Video Shows What It’s Like to Get Shot Out of a Centrifuge at 1,000 MPH

SpinLaunch is striving to build a scaled-up version of its "kinetic launch system"—one capable of hurling objects into space. Reading time 2 minutes California startup SpinLaunch recently performed ...
CBS News 8

Reach space with no rockets? NASA agrees to test flight with new launch system

NASA has reached a partnership with a company to test launch a payload to suborbital space at high speed from a centrifuge-like device that requires no rocket propulsion. The ultimate goal: to ...
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SpinLaunch and NASA Sign Space Act Agreement to Test Innovative Mass Accelerator Launch System

NASA to fly payload with SpinLaunch’s mass accelerator to test launch characteristics of its low cost, high cadence launch system LONG BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SpinLaunch has signed a Space Act ...