It's called SpinLaunch, and it's a novel approach to launching small payloads into orbit. The idea of a kinetic launch system translates to spinning a payload in a centrifuge to over 1,000 miles an hour and then releasing it for its journey to the stars.
Sony has been fined 1 million yuan by the Chinese government for "damaging the dignity of the Chinese state" for advertising an announcement for a new product last July, on the day historically associated with the start of the Sino-Japanese War.
Sony has postponed a camera launch that was originally planned for Wednesday, July 7, after Chinese citizens expressed anger over the date, which is also the 84th anniversary of Japan's invasion of China that sparked the Sino-Japanese War and World War Two in Asia.