SpinLaunch announces expansion at Spaceport America, to hire 59 more workers [Las Cruces Sun-News, N.M.]
SPACEPORT AMERICA A company developing and testing a mass accelerator with the aim of launching satellites into space orbit using kinetic energy instead of rockets is expanding at New Mexico’s Spaceport America, Cabinet Secretary Alicia J. Keyes announced Tuesday.
SpinLaunch signed a lease at Spaceport America in 2019 and has since invested in test facilities and an integration facility. The company is now set to hire an additional 59 highly paid workers and complete the build of its suborbital centrifugal launch system for its next phase of development, according to EDD.
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• Dec 15, 2020 SPACEPORT AMERICA, N.M. - A company that is developing and testing a mass accelerator with the aim of launching satellites into space orbit, using kinetic energy instead of rockets, is expanding at New Mexico’s Spaceport America, Cabinet Secretary Alicia J. Keyes announced today. Here is a statement from the NM Economic Development Department:
SpinLaunch signed a lease at Spaceport America in 2019 and has since invested in test facilities and an integration facility. The company is now set to hire an additional 59 highly-paid workers and complete the build of its suborbital centrifugal launch system for its next phase of development. SpinLaunch expects to start test launches in New Mexico in 2021.
RENDERING COURTESY SPINLAUNCH
SpinLaunch’s vacuum-sealed centrifuge will accelerate a rocket to more than 5,000 miles per hour. This rendering shows the inside of a centrifuge and its long, dark tether.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. California-based SpinLaunch Inc. is expanding its operations at Spaceport America in southern New Mexico, where it plans to test new technology to literally fling rockets into space.
The company already built a $7 million, 10,000-square-foot facility at the Spaceport after announcing plans last year to conduct all testing there on its new technology. Now, the company is doubling down, with plans to hire an additional 59 people and invest another $46 million over 10 years.