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NASA's partnership with SpinLaunch has made an explosive entrance after shooting a payload out of the Suborbital Accelerator thousands of feet into the air.

The Payload NASA Shot Into Sky With Giant Gun Came Down So Hard They Needed to Dig It Out With an Excavator

By Frank Landymore

NASA may soon be slingshotting its satellites into orbit thanks to its partnership with a startup that makes gigantic slingshots for that very purpose.

NASA Tests System to Fling Satellites Into Sky Using Huge Centrifuge

By Noor Al-Sibai

A startup called SpinLaunch has been working to fling satellites into orbit via giant cannon for nearly a decade. Bad news: it won't work on humans.

Company Says Giant Cannon for Shooting Satellites Into Orbit Would Be Fatal for Astronauts

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

After years of media coverage and renders, SpinLaunch is ready to show off an early prototype of its suborbital accelerator, a centrifuge for rockets.

Startup Tests Rocket Launched by Super-Powerful Slingshot

By Victor Tangermann

Rocket technology company SpinLaunch is planning to start suborbital test flights using a massive centrifuge called as soon as this winter.

This Startup Plans to Fling Rockets Into Space With a Centrifuge

By Victor Tangermann

SpinLaunch, a company that specializes in a space katapult launch system, just signed a contract with the U.S. Department of Defense's Innovation Unit (DIU).

Hypersonic Space Catapult Startup Signs Military Contract

By Victor Tangermann