A secretive startup has been awarded a launch contract for the U.S. military using a rather novel launch system
– based on kinetic energy technology that would essentially shoot satellites directly into space using a hypersonic vehicle.they had secured a launch contract with the U.S. Department of Defense . They didn’t release any further details, other than noting it was a “responsive launch prototype contract… for kinetic energy-based launch services.”
Based on an image released by the company , it looks like they will spin some sort of vehicle in a circular chamber up to high speeds, before releasing it like a catapult and sending it to space. The company says it has used technology from mining and wind turbines to “construct an innovative mass acceleration system”, which can reach orbit without using large amounts of fuel like traditional rockets.
“This will truly be a disruptive enabler for the emerging commercial space industry,” the company’s founder and CEO, Jonathan Yaney, noted in the last week. “There is a promising market surge in the demand for LEO constellations of inexpensive small satellites for disaster monitoring, weather, reconnaissance, communications, and other services.”
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