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kleinbl00  ·  1516 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Inside SpinLaunch, the Space Industry’s Best Kept Secret

So yeah I went back and checked

At 100g, that sumbitch hits Mach 6 about 2 seconds after it kicks on. Not surprisingly, that's when a layer of plasma develops around the missile and the whole thing starts glowing like a shooting star.