There are no customer satellites aboard the first Spectrum test flight. The rocket will climb into a polar orbit from Andøya ...

[Michael Pick] wanted to build something altogether more devastating. To that end, he created a rocket launcher with an advanced air burst capability, intended to take out enemies behind cover.

Such projects always hold the potential for entertainingly ... [Zach Hipps] assessment of his remote-controlled soda bottle rocket launcher as “overengineered”. To us, it seems just right.

Raytheon Systems recently showed off their Coyote drones. The drones are shot out of a rocket-launcher type device and can communicate with one another to fly as a squadron. Video courtesy of Reuters.