Launching Ramp

> Of course, if a magnetic catapult provides the "first stage" for
> launching a bean can-sized satellite, how does one shield the mission
> electronics from EMP damage?
>

Since you're planning to launch can-sized satellites, why not use a "gas
catapult" - a cannon? As far as I remember, technology for launching small
payloads from cannons to a distance of tens of kilometers exists since WWII
(or maybe WWI). It is very brute-force, kind of antique, but it is also far
easier/simpler and probably cheaper to build. And it would avoid EMP damage.

> Colin Keizer

Lucio Coelho