Japan starts space elevator experiments

Re:Japan starts space elevator experiments by BacioiuC on Sunday September 02, 2018 @03:57PM (#17898336)

What is kph? I can't be 200 km per hour and have it take 8 days.

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Re:Japan starts space elevator experiments by p1mrx on Sunday September 02, 2018 @04:10PM (#17898402)

For a space elevator, the "space station" is near geosynchronous orbit. 36000 km / 200 km/h is roughly 8 days.

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Re:Japan starts space elevator experiments by lucb1e on Sunday September 02, 2018 @04:05PM (#17898378)

In SI, that would be kilo pico hour. But yeah I'm pretty sure it's kilometers per hour in American.

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Re:Japan starts space elevator experiments by 14 on Sunday September 02, 2018 @04:12PM (#17898410)

I assume the author meant km/h or 200 km per hour as you have guessed, and if the satellite it 36000km high / 200km it would take 180 hours or 7.5 days.

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Re:Japan starts space elevator experiments by isostatic on Sunday September 02, 2018 @04:06PM (#17898386)

8 * 24 * 200 = 38,400 km.

Geostationary orbit is 35,786km above the equator, so 8 days feels a fair approximation.

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