The World’s Largest Gun Aims to Shoot Satellites Into Space

The world’s largest gun belongs to Longshot Space, which plans to go even bigger in the hopes of harnessing its technology to shoot satellites into space instead of using rockets.

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Timecode chapters
0:00 The problem with rocket launches
0:38 Longshot Space’s kinetic launch concept
1:30 How the giant space gun works
1:59 Testing the 6-inch prototype gun
3:14 Scaling up to the full-diameter version
3:42 The physics behind horizontal launches
4:33 Can satellites survive the high G-forces?
5:07 Future testing and next steps

Video credits
Host: Andy Altman
Scripted by: Andy Altman
Producer: Andy Altman
Camera: Celso Bulgatti
Video editor: Jon Gomez
Thumbnail designer: Cole Kan

Andy Altman

Former Director of Video Production

Andy Altman covered all things science and tech. He led production on CNET’s award-winning limited documentary series Hacking the Apocalypse. He also created and co-hosted our video series What the Future.

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