Here's a patent which, whilst a bit outlandish, could possibly be adapted
for lobbing tanks of sulfur into the stratosphere.  I also remember another
idea where a payload is submerged at the bottom of a deep ocean tubelike a
gun barrel, perhaps miles long (and presumably flaring at the bottom).  The
water above the payload is pumped out, and then when water is allowed in to
the bottom of the barrel below the payload, it gets chucked out of the top
at a high speed.  I'm not sure it would be able to get the Mach multiples
needed, though.  I did try to find info on the technique, but an online
search revealed nothing.

Below is the other patent.
United States Patent 7530532
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acting upon a counterweight to provide the initial assent for a rocket. This
counterweight system is preferably built inside of a mountain so as to use
the mountain as the supporting structure. By covering the exit opening with
a thin membrane and closing the bottom, the system can have the air
evacuated providing a free ascent without a terminal velocity. During the
final moments of the ascent or after the rocket leaves the tube, the rocket
will ignite carrying the payload into space. The velocity imparted to the
rocket from the gravity assist in combination with bypassing the thickest
part of the atmosphere will lower the amount of fuel required to lift
payloads into space. This will result in increased payloads of existing
rockets or the use of smaller and less expensive rockets.

My fear with this is that the pulley system would break due to the speeds
and forces involved.  The pulley wheel edge would have to be moving at
several Mach.

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