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Tethers
Tethers
System
Vertical tether
Tether foot altitude (km)
Tether top altitude (km)
Tether centre altitude (km). The part of the tether in circular orbit
Tether material
Zylon (5.8 GPa, 1.54 g/cm
3
)
Aramid (3.62 GPa, 1.44 g/cm
3
)
HPPE (2.4 GPa, 0.97 g/cm
3
)
Steel (2.62 GPa, 8 g/cm
3
)
Future Carbon Nanotube (30 GPa, 1.35 g/cm
3
)
Super-Future Nanotube (100 GPa, 1.35 g/cm
3
)
Use custom material instead
Tensile strength (Pa)
Density kg/m³
Safety factor
(optional, not used for much yet)
Central mass
Mass of docking shuttle
Calculate
You can also adjust the tether by dragging the red markers below:
General information
If released from top:
Minimum release altitude:
Climber:
Tether properties
This content is released under the GPLv3 license, author Sigvart Brendberg
