The thing that has been common for every satellite put into orbit in the history of spaceflight is that they've all used rockets. However, the need for rockets is changing with a company called ...

A giant slingshot might sound like something out of a science fair or a medieval battle—but one California startup is turning this idea into a revolutionary way to launch satellites. This system doesn ...

It was back in February of this year when an up-and-coming company called SpinLaunch caught our attention and prompted us to look more intently into the product they offer: a massive slingshot that ...

LONG BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SpinLaunch, a pioneer of disruptive space solutions, today announced it has closed $30 million in funding to accelerate the development and commercialization of ...

For more than half a century we've been sending vehicles and humans into space with the help of rockets, but what if there was another way? Startup SpinLaunch has been exploring such possibilities ...

SpinLaunch, a startup working on a kinetic space launch system, has successfully completed its first prototype flight. It’s a major milestone for the seven-year-old company as it works toward a test ...

Recent months have brought with them increased chatter about something called SpinLaunch. In layman terms, that would be a massive slingshot meant to throw things into space, instead of launching them ...

Long Beach-based SpinLaunch nets $11.5 million from stock purchases. Propel: The SpinLaunch suborbital accelerator at Spaceport America in New Mexico. Investors recently bought $11.5 million worth of ...

SpinLaunch's suborbital accelerator in New Mexico. SpinLaunch, a company building a new way to launch rockets to low-Earth orbit, has closed a $71 million Series B funding round. The Long Beach-based ...

re: taper, care to do some numbers? I think they claimed up to a 200kg satellite. You can put a lower bound on the fueled mass of the rocket they need to throw, with some fueled rocket stage with ...