Skyhook (structure)
Skyhook is a proposed structure that is made of a rotating satellite with a very long tether on one side and a smaller tether which has a counterweight to balance the satellite. It was put forward so that the payloads can be transported using a cable cars instead of using rockets to transport the payload.[1]
Skyhook (structure) Media
How a rotating and non-rotating skyhook would appear in orbit
The rotating concept. If the orbital velocity and the tether rotation rate are synchronized, the tether tip moves in a cycloid curve. At the lowest point it is momentarily stationary with respect to the ground, where it can 'hook' a payload and swing it into orbit.
References
- ↑ Lockett, Will. Skyhook, The Technology That Could Challenge SpaceX (in en). Predict (2020-07-08). Retrieved 2021-09-26.
