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Launch loop

A launch loop, or Lofstrom loop, is a proposed system for launching objects into orbit using a moving cable-like system situated inside a sheath attached to the Earth at two ends and suspended above the atmosphere in the middle. The design concept was published by Keith Lofstrom and describes an active structure maglev cable transport system that would…

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Launch loop

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related to history · 21
Launch loop → American Astronautical Society News, Analog Science Fiction, August, British Interplanetary Society, December, EMS, Fact, In, It, Journal, Keith Lofstrom, L5 News, Launch, Letter, Lofstrom, November, Partial Orbital Ring System, Paul Birch, PORS, Reader's Forum
related to Competing and similar designs · 11
Launch loop → Alexander Bolonkin, Another, Bolonkin, For, In, John Knapman, Knapman, Lofstrom, Lofstrom's, The, Their
related to Description · 10
Launch loop → Consider, Earth, However, If, Instead, One, Suspending, The, To, When
related to Capacity and capabilities · 8
Launch loop → Closed, Conventional, For GEO, GEO, LEO, Moon, To, Trojan
related to Advantages of launch loops · 5
Launch loop → Compared, Earth's, Launch, Lofstrom's, Rockets
related to Economics · 2
Launch loop → For, Lofstrom

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launch would loop cable space rotor loops system earth structure km lofstrom orbit tube 80 payload magnetic altitude skyhook launching

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close to the Trojan points.To access circular orbits using a launch loop a relatively small 'kick motor' would need to be launched with the payload which would fire at apogeeinstance ofand other non closed orbits0.80text
would circularise the orbitinstance ofand other non closed orbits0.80text
nitrates in their exhausts due to high exhaust temperatureinstance ofRockets create pollution0.80text
and can create greenhouse gases depending on propellant choicesinstance ofRockets create pollution0.80text
Launch looprelated to Advantages of launch loopsCompared0.60section
Launch looprelated to Advantages of launch loopsEarth's0.60section
Launch looprelated to Advantages of launch loopsLofstrom's0.60section
Launch looprelated to Advantages of launch loopsRockets0.60section
Launch looprelated to Advantages of launch loopsLaunch0.60section
Launch looprelated to Capacity and capabilitiesClosed0.60section
Launch looprelated to Capacity and capabilitiesMoon0.60section
Launch looprelated to Capacity and capabilitiesTrojan0.60section

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