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Longshot pursues kinetic launch system to enable space-based data centres

By GPU Data Hub Desk · GPU Data Hub·Editorial standards·13 Oct 2026, 18:05

Hardware venture Longshot is engineering an alternative space-launch system designed to fire freight into orbit without standard rocket propulsion. The project seeks to lower orbital transit costs sufficiently to support the establishment of extraterrestrial data centres.

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