Do we have any examples of aircraft that could accelerate to or near flying speed on the ground, with magnets/maglev, circular accelerator spinners or something? I know #SpinLaunch tries to slingshot stuff to space, but is there anything for atmospheric flight? I'm not an engineer, so maybe I'm just missing crucials or keywords. It just feels weird using all that jet fuel for terrestrial acceleration.
Ce canon futuriste peut lancer cinq satellites par jour sans brûler un gramme de fuel

Découvrez le potentiel du canon centrifuge de SpinLaunch pour lancer des satellites à une cadence inédite sans émissions.

Science et vie
SpinLaunch raises $30 million for work on Meridian Space constellation

SpinLaunch announced $30 million in new funding for the company to support its development of a broadband constellation.

SpaceNews
The insane physics behind a mass accelerator technology designed to move payloads into space by company called ' #SpinLaunch'
SpaceX и Starlink в одном флаконе: у Илона Маска появился амбициозный конкурент
https://www.unian.net/curiosities/startap-spinlaunch-obeshchaet-podvinut-spacex-i-starlink-ilona-maska-13035507.html
#unian #SpaceX #Starlink #SpinLaunch
SpaceX и Starlink в одном флаконе: у Илона Маска появился амбициозный конкурент

Если стартап SpinLaunch действительно воплотит обещанное, это станет революцией в освоении космоса.

УНИАН
SpinLaunch le compite Elon Musk y lanza su propia constelación de satélites ¿Qué ofrece este internet satelital? • ENTER.CO

Una empresa emergente de Estados Unidos está comenzando a incomodar a los gigantes del espacio. Se trata de SpinLaunch, que acaba de...

ENTER.CO
SpinLaunch le compite Elon Musk y lanza su propia constelación de satélites ¿Qué ofrece este internet satelital? • ENTER.CO

Una empresa emergente de Estados Unidos está comenzando a incomodar a los gigantes del espacio. Se trata de SpinLaunch, que acaba de...

ENTER.CO
SpinLaunch wants to send 250 broadband 'microsatellites' to orbit with a single launch

SpinLaunch says its network will offer "significantly higher broadband capacity in a satellite constellation compared with what is available on the market today."

Space
SpinLaunch announces plans for broadband satellite constellation

SpinLaunch, the company best known for work on an unconventional launch system, is rolling out plans to also develop a broadband satellite constellation.

SpaceNews

Popular Mechanics writer doesn't know the word “chute”?

"SpinLaunch has built a large, disk-shaped centrifuge with an exit shoot positioned along one side and a clock-style arm attached at the center. "

As in, “exit chute”. Not “Exit Shoot”... which.. doesn't make sense.

Anyway, I like this article (Apple News may be paywalled)
#Words #Grammar #English #spinlaunch
https://apple.news/AMWI1QbtVRLKHr-PSPRqSqg

This Company is Getting Close to Catapulting a Satellite Into Space — Popular Mechanics

No, seriously.