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NASA to fly payload with SpinLaunch’s mass accelerator to test low-cost, high-cadence kinetic launch system

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Ultimately, SpinLaunch’s Orbital Accelerator will accelerate a launch vehicle containing a satellite up to 5,000 miles per hour using a rotating carbon-fiber-arm within a 300-ft diameter steel vacuum chamber. After full review, NASA and SpinLaunch will publish all non-proprietary launch environment information from the test flight.

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Spin Me Up, Scotty—Up Into Orbit

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Rather than shoot it in a gun, it would sling it from the end of of a carbon-fiber tether that spins around in a vacuum chamber for as long as an hour before reaching terminal speed. Among the backers are the investment arms of Airbus and Google and the Defense Innovation Unit , part of the U.S. SpinLaunch. www.youtube.com.

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LA-based SMLC to lead new DOE Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute; ~$800M for 5 new hub competitions

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For example, the Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute will partner with IACMI to demonstrate the value of using advanced sensors in the production of carbon fiber and with PowerAmerica to showcase the energy savings of using advanced sensors in the production of new wide bandgap semiconductor circuit boards.