I don't see how this will work. You need to launch through the entire atmosphere and still end up with orbital velocity. The only acceleration happens at the beginning so you must launch at speeds much higher than orbital speeds. Which in turn means heating will be insanely high as your highest speed is going to be at the highest drag. The satellite will heat up a lot more than one simply re-entering. Meaning a totally different design or a bulky fairing. Because sats aren't made to withstand that kind of heat. Also yes the forces will be extreme. They seem to be going for the fairing, but how does that reenter then?
I just don't see this happening tbh.
Besides, with spacex and reusability launch capacity is already more available and cheap enough than humanity needs.
I just don't see this happening tbh.
Besides, with spacex and reusability launch capacity is already more available and cheap enough than humanity needs.