MEANING
A huge rotating orbital tether that reaches toward Earth to pick up or release payloads at its lower tip.
Use it for
A giant spinning tether that can lift or release cargo from orbit.Use for speculative orbital transport infrastructure that slings payloads between a planet’s surface and space.
On the page
The cargo capsule latched onto the rotovator and swung upward toward orbit.
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Word forms
- Base
- rotovator
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