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by 0xBA5ED 2895 days ago
Probably not exactly what you had in mind, but there's something called a skyhook which might act kind of like an orbital trebuchet.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyhook_(structure)

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Video going into detail on Skyhooks: https://youtu.be/TlpFzn_Y-F0