Longshot Explores Gun-Based Cargo Launches Beyond Hypersonic Tests

Longshot Space Technology is developing a reusable, ground-based pneumatic accelerator for hypersonic testing while exploring a longer-term system to send cargo toward low Earth orbit. The Alameda, California, startup’s accelerator uses repeated injections of compressed gas along a barrel to propel payloads at high speed. Longshot says it has reached Mach 4.2 and completed more than 100 shots. Its near-term business is focused on hypersonic research for defense and aerospace customers. Space launch remains a future objective that would move much of the propulsion hardware from a flying vehicle to reusable infrastructure on the ground.

Source: TokenPost