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Couldn't the elevation of the satellite be at a specific elevation that no other satellite is allowed to orbit at? I.e. using the z-axis to your advantage?
by ghayes 13y ago
Couldn't the elevation of the satellite be at a specific elevation that no other satellite is allowed to orbit at? I.e. using the z-axis to your advantage?
- avmich 13y agoNo. The elevator's tether is a continuous object of length at least 36 000 km, from atmosphere to geostationary orbit. Practically all satellites are flying within that range of heights.
- twic 13y agoIf by 'elevation' you mean 'latitude', then no. The elevator has to be on the equator. Or rather, the geosynchronous anchor has to be over the equator. I think the elevator cable could run to any point on earth, but it's going to hang as a curve where most of it is vertical over the equator, and so is in the way of satellites in equatorial orbits.