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SpinLaunch is a startup based in Long Beach in California that has created an alternative method for launching rockets using primarily kinetic energy, as if it were a slingshot, the launch system uses a centrifuge that accelerates the rocket before being released into the space.
SpinLaunch es una startup con sede en Long Beach en California que ha creado un método alternativo para el lanzamiento de cohetes utilizando primordialmente energía cinética, como si de una honda se tratase el sistema de lanzamiento utiliza una centrifugadora que acelera el cohete antes de ser liberado al espacio.
Founded in 2014 by Jonathan Yaney, the SpinLaunch company conducted its first successful test last October at Spaceport America in New Mexico, using a vacuum-sealed centrifuge that spins the rocket at several times the speed of sound before launching it at hypersonic speeds.
Fundada en 2014 por Jonathan Yaney la compañía SpinLaunch realizó el pasado mes de octubre su primera prueba con éxito en el Spaceport America en Nuevo México, utilizando una centrifugadora sellada al vacío que hace girar el cohete a varias veces la velocidad del sonido antes de lanzarlo a velocidades hipersónicas.
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In spite of everything we had not heard of this project because according to the CEO of SpinLaunch "The bolder and more crazy a project is it is better to be working on it than to be talking about it" and before they had to convince themselves that the project could become viable since they were not very convinced.
A pesar de todo no habíamos oído hablar de este proyecto porque según el CEO de SpinLaunch "Cuanto más audaz y loco es un proyecto es mejor estar trabajando en él que estar hablando de él" y antes tenían que convencerse ellos mismos de que el proyecto podría llegar a ser viable puesto que no estaban muy convencidos.
At the moment they have built a one-third scale model that still is more than 50 meters high, which is the minimum size necessary to test its operation, in the vacuum chamber of the device it has a rotating arm that accelerates the projectile at high speed and then release it in less than a millisecond.
De momento han construido un modelo a escala un tercio que aún así sigue teniendo más de 50 metros de altura que es el tamaño mínimo necesario para probar su funcionamiento, en la cámara de vacío del aparato tiene un brazo giratorio que acelera el proyectil a alta velocidad para luego liberarlo en menos de un milisegundo.
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Although the launched test rocket did not have any engine installed on board, the company intends to install an engine as well as other flight systems in future launches, and like SpaceX the company intends to reuse its rockets and has already carried out the pertinent tests successfully.
Aunque el cohete de prueba lanzado no llevaba instalado ningún motor a bordo, la compañía pretende instalarle un motor así como otros sistemas de vuelo en próximos lanzamientos, además al igual que SpaceX la compañía pretende reutilizar sus cohetes y ya ha realizado las pruebas pertinentes con éxito.
In conventional launches, rockets use powerful motors that lift them off the ground, so they need huge amounts of fuel that increase the weight of the aircraft and reduce its payload, with this new design 200 kg of payload could be placed that would allow it to place in orbit several small satellites.
En los lanzamientos convencionales los cohetes utilizan potentes motores que los levantan del suelo por lo que necesitan enormes cantidades de combustible que incrementan el peso de la aeronave y reducen su carga útil, con este nuevo diseño se podrían colocar 200 kg de carga útil que permitiría colocar en órbita varios satélites pequeños.
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https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/09/spinlaunch-completes-first-test-flight-of-alternative-rocket.html
Hola @mauromar, esto es un juguete gigante… deberían colocarle por nombre “David y Goliat”.
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Si este aparato funciono entonces hay mucho por hacer.
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Saludos @mauromar, si algunas personas les pereció una tontería cuando Elon Musk menciono traer los cohetes de regreso y aterrizarlos… Entonces este planteamiento les hubiese causado la muerte por un ataque de risa.
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The project is a bit daring, but it has to start with something. This system does not have the ability to launch human beings but it could be used to launch nanosatellites. Conventional launches consume large amounts of fuel, it is time to create new methods that are more economical and ecological. Good topic, Greetings.
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They can use it in Disney world with humans. ;-D
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They will have plenty of issues and problems to overcome, including but not limited to the load imbalance once the rocket gets released. But it's nice that they are working on it nonetheless!
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This was an entirely new piece of information for me ,specially the title launching a satellite with slingshot!
Appreciated boss.
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The man and his inventions. Thanks for the topic. Greetings.
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