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Universal Orbital Support System

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24: 49:. The orbital system is a coupled mass system wherein the upper supporting mass (A) is placed in an orbit around a given celestial body such that it can support a suspended mass (B) at a specific height above the surface of the celestial body, but lower than (A). The relationship between (A) and (B) is such that it (A) moves higher as (B) is lowered towards the surface, the distance is related as an inverse proportion of their masses. 138: 189: 46: 184: 23: 42: 94: 61:
Tower concept, which employs the system to suspend a building from a cable supported by an
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A concept for providing space-based support to things suspended above an
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is a concept for suspending an object from a tether orbiting in space.
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Example of a possible layout using the Universal Orbital Support System.
119: 45:. It is envisioned as a type of non-rotating 8: 22: 111: 57:This system has been proposed for the 7: 14: 137:Wood, Charlie (March 29, 2017). 18:Universal Orbital Support System 1: 206: 159:Analemma Tower - Clouds AO 47:tethered satellite system 156:Clouds AO (2017-04-03), 28: 26: 190:Spaceflight concepts 43:astronomical object 29: 143:www.csmonitor.com 95:Natural satellite 197: 169: 168: 167: 166: 153: 147: 146: 134: 128: 127: 120:"Analemma Tower" 116: 65:orbiting Earth. 205: 204: 200: 199: 198: 196: 195: 194: 175: 174: 173: 172: 164: 162: 155: 154: 150: 136: 135: 131: 118: 117: 113: 108: 100:Quasi-satellite 71: 55: 39: 34: 12: 11: 5: 203: 201: 193: 192: 187: 185:Space elevator 177: 176: 171: 170: 148: 129: 110: 109: 107: 104: 103: 102: 97: 92: 90:List of orbits 87: 82: 77: 75:Space elevator 70: 67: 54: 51: 38: 35: 33: 30: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 202: 191: 188: 186: 183: 182: 180: 161: 160: 152: 149: 144: 140: 133: 130: 126:. March 2017. 125: 121: 115: 112: 105: 101: 98: 96: 93: 91: 88: 86: 83: 81: 78: 76: 73: 72: 68: 66: 64: 60: 52: 50: 48: 44: 36: 31: 25: 21: 19: 163:, retrieved 158: 151: 142: 132: 123: 114: 80:Space tether 56: 40: 17: 15: 32:Explanation 179:Categories 165:2017-04-04 106:References 37:Background 124:Clouds AO 85:Asteroid 69:See also 63:asteroid 59:Analemma 53:Example 181:: 141:. 122:. 16:A 145:.

Index


astronomical object
tethered satellite system
Analemma
asteroid
Space elevator
Space tether
Asteroid
List of orbits
Natural satellite
Quasi-satellite
"Analemma Tower"
"A 20-mile long 'spacescraper' dangling from an asteroid: Could it work?"
Analemma Tower - Clouds AO
Categories
Space elevator
Spaceflight concepts

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