No we cannot use the Earth as a slingshot to send a space craft into orbit. You first have to attain escape velocity from Earth of 11.2 km/second. The slingshot mechanism is used when a space craft has already attained its maximum velocity and once in orbit another planetary m's gravity is used to send the space capsule around this planetary m and the result is an increase in the velocity of the space craft.
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