Spin Launch: The proposed solution to sending stuff into space without an engine

From a Physics standpoint, this is a completely retarded concept. Anything you would want to put into orbit would be destroyed by the centrifugal forces.

....."sending stuff into space without an engine".....👀

The delivered stuff

How many journalists and judges will one of these bad boys fit?

Imagine one in every city but instead of “Spin Launch” it’s “Remigration Station”

The inventor…

Sure, all you need is your payload to handle 100Gs. No problem at all.

I'm pretty sure there's an engine at the end of that video.

The G forces alone would destroy anything they are trying to put in space much less generate the force necessary to achieve escape velocity.

oh look another SillyCon valley scam. ipo coming soon. also no engine

Can we use it for deportation efforts?

Oh look we are getting closer to making Contact (1997)

No amount of initial speed will circulize your orbit, you will always need an engine.

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Cute but listen, the G-forces on your projectile would ruin delicate satellite equipment so the payload would have to be designed to withstand that, which adds so much weight that, fuck, you may as well go back to conventional launches. Dumbass.

Been seeing this for a while. Have they successfully orbited anything yet?

@grok ?

No, SpinLaunch hasn't orbited anything yet. They've done several successful suborbital tests (like the 2022 flight with NASA/Airbus payloads surviving 10,000g+), but the full orbital accelerator remains in development. The company pivoted in 2025 to focus on their Meridian LEO sat constellation (280 birds), launching via conventional rockets with service eyed for late 2026.

No, not entirely for electronics—SpinLaunch has tested small satellites (e.g., 1U CubeSats) surviving 10,000g with minor ruggedization like reinforced circuit boards, upgraded aluminum alloys, and adhesives. Off-the-shelf components worked after tweaks, per their 2024 demos and NASA payload flights. For biological material or living organisms? Yes, it largely precludes them. 10,000g would pulverize most cells, tissues, or creatures (humans black out at ~5-10g). No such tests announced; the system targets rugged smallsats only.

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Yeah no. 😂

if something ain't aligned right and/or only delayed a fraction of a second at the throw the whole apparatus it would fail catastrophically.

Yeah no. You got a couple of things working against you. atmospheric density vs speed = drag = drag & heating & incredible forces. There's a reason we have to throttle down rockets even in the upper parts of the atmosphere for max Q. Can't expect to go faster than that in denser atmosphere realistically without crazy structure and thermal protection which adds weight and takes away any useful payload capacity.

Lame as Fuck look into inertial mass reduction and the failed audits of the pentagon and DOE in regards to the Secret Space Program this you posted here is just sad BS garbage

can it throw immigrants?

Astronauts like

This would be a fantastic launch system for lunar material extraction.

There are some minor mechanical challenges with this. I mean, if you are an engineer. If you are a dreamer, then happy days.

@TheDealTrader_ Well humans wouldn’t be able to board the craft like that! Too many G’s!!

I'm wondering how you compensate for the loss of mass after the vehicle is launched?

@TinfoilTricorn Cool. But you have to audibly project a loud “weeeee” as it is launched. Otherwise I can’t approve.

Cool concept but what payload can survive that amount of G’s and still work post launch? Seems like a very small % of satellites would work.

They haven’t launched anything in three and half years. What happened?

We invented rocket engines nearly a century ago. Why would anyone want a vehicle with no propulsion?

I’ve been seeing this clip for at least 5 years. Is it actually happening?