Space Startup Spins the Living Crap Out a Satellite–and It Survived

Someone, please show Kerbal Space Program to their investors!

There's no way to make orbit with that toy. They would need to lauch it at ~ 30'000 Km/h with no significant atmospheric drag and still have a way to correct the periapsis once it gets up there.

How high did it go?

They didn’t launch it. They spun it in a centrifuge to see if it could withstand 10,000 Gs, and with some minor modifications (mostly moving the battery to the bottom and gluing the electronics), it survived.

That’s a large mortar.