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Forget rockets — Longshot wants to fire cargo into space from a gun. See it at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
Publisher description: Longshot is trying to build a gun big enough to make space data centers a reality.
TechCrunch | Oct 13, 2026 | Tim Fernholz
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Longshot Space Technology, a startup based in Alameda, California, is working on exactly that. A multi-injection gun built by Longshot Space Technology is fired at a test site in California. Image Credits:Longshot Space Technology under a Longshot Space Technology license. These guns will let Longshot keep proving its technology works while also generating revenue from performing hypersonic testing for the US military, which has awarded the company several contracts.
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