SpinLaunch is a space technology company founded in 2014, headquartered in Long Beach, California, with testing operations at Spaceport America in New Mexico. The company develops kinetic launch systems designed to reduce the cost and environmental footprint of reaching orbit. Its core technology, the Orbital Accelerator System, uses centrifugal acceleration to propel payloads at speeds up to 8,000 kph, potentially eliminating up to 70% of the fuel and structural components required by conventional rockets. A suborbital accelerator at Spaceport America - described as the largest span vacuum chamber ever built - serves as a testbed for the approach.
In addition to launch systems, SpinLaunch is developing Meridian Space, a low-Earth-orbit (LEO) satellite communications constellation intended to provide enterprise customers with broadband connectivity at speeds comparable to fiber. The initiative places the company in both the space launch and satellite communications sectors.
The firm has raised over $150 million in total funding and was named one of the most innovative companies by TIME Magazine in 2022. Its stated mission is to enable sustainable and affordable access to space through reduced reliance on chemical propulsion.
