Rotary Satellite Yeeter | Starlink 30 [New Live 13.11.21, 12:19 UTC]

over 2 years ago (Edited)

First launch attempt scrubbed due to weather

Spinlaunch

This company is trying to get payloads without chemical rockets into orbit. Their idea seems to be stolen from a comic book.
They want to attach a payload plus second stage to a 50 m long spinning arm and release it at a precise moment so that it travels at speeds of 2 km/s.

Can Spinlaunch Throw Rockets Into Space?

Their current setup is a 30 m diameter sub-orbital demonstrator.

Starlink Group 4 - 1 [Live: 12.11.2021, 12:31 UTC]

SpaceX is launching 53 additional Satellites for their own Starlink Constellation.

This is the first batch of satellites for the 4th layer of the constellation. Shell 4 is in a 540km circular low-Earth orbit. These satellites will have laser links installed, to enable data traffic across satellites instead of bounching it from Earth to satellite and back to Earth.

The booster is a Block 5 on its 9th flight and will land on a drone ship.

The mission to low earth orbit will launch from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.

Launch Weather by the 45th Weather Squadron is 60% go.

Cargo: