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Tossing Satellites into Orbit with SpinLaunch: Is that Possible? | Interesting Engineering (www.youtube.com)
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[–] starman2112 2 points 1 year ago

They don't need to get 100% of the orbital energy into the object at launch. Scarabic's point is that if it can just offer an alternative for getting through the lower atmosphere, it can save a lot of fuel.