The Chinese company plans to challenge Space X's launch dominance. And plans to shoot satellites to orbiters using maglev- or magnetic launch systems. The magnetic launch system means. The system uses similar technology. That is used in rail guns. And the maglev (magnetic levitation) (or, StarTram) launcher is like a giant version of rail guns. The system can use a lightweight tube there is a series of magnetic accelerators.
The system can stand on the ground using very high pillars. Or things like balloons can raise that tube's end to high enough. In some models is planned to put that magnetic track to the mountain mountain slope. The system can look like an oil tube or maybe the creators of that system will dig it in the slope. And only the open port is visible.
"Hypothetical StarTram spaceport. The launch tube stretches into the distance to the east on the right (eventually curving up many kilometers away), next to the power plant which charges the SMES (Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage). RLVs (Reusable Launch Vehicle) return to land on the runway." (Wikipedia, StarTram)
The magnetic cannon can also connect with a centrifugal launcher that gives the satellite or the satellite's aerodynamic capsule a very high punch at the beginning of the flight. Then magnetic track accelerates it to a higher speed. The Spinlaunch company tries to shoot satellites into orbit using spin launchers. Spin launchers are centrifugal launchers. Where a spinning plate gives enough energy and throws the small spacecraft to the orbiter. The spin launcher is easy to connect to the maglev- or magnetic accelerator.
The launch capsule can also have rockets that ignite at the right altitude. That kind of launching system can shoot satellites to the orbiter rapidly. They can be more economical and silent than current rocket-based systems. The Maglev shooter or "super rail gun" can turn projects HARP and Project Babylon into true. Those space guns can be useful tools for civil and military purposes.
The problem with maglev launchers is their military options. The magnetic version of the famous, but luckily non-finished Project Babylon, the super cannon that cannon engineer Gerald Bull created for Saddam Hussein can turn into a toy in front of that kind of weapon. The high-performance, large-scale maglev cannon can turn the super cannon. Saddam Hussein planned to shoot grenades from Iraq to Israel into toys. The magnetic cannons have much more capacity than the Babylon-type super cannon that shoots traditional explosives to send ammunition into their road or track.
Those systems can also shoot FOBS (Fractional Orbiter Bombardment Systems) to the orbiter.
The FOBS satellite can be very small in size. If it carries something like 155 mm. nuclear grenade. Those small-sized weapons can be even more dangerous than the megaton-class FOBS systems. That the Soviets planned in the 1960s. The maglev launchers can shoot small-size hypersonic gliders HGS (Hypersonic Glide Systems) to the orbiter where they can dive back into the atmosphere. A small-size ASAT, (Anti-Satellite) weapon can also shoot using the maglev launchers.
https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/spacex-rival-chinas-maglev-launch-pad
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fractional_Orbital_Bombardment_System
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Babylon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_HARP
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StarTram
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpinLaunch
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