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Re:Japan starts space elevator experiments by marcosdumay on Monday September 03, 2018 @02:14PM (#17904065)
It does remove some momentum from the elevator, and sends it down towards Earth.

The system is not connected to Earth, so it doesn't change the planet's orbit.

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