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| An Arnold-Kingsbury [[ LoopPort | Space Port ]] in a [[ConstructionOrbit | construction orbit]], fed by a launch loop. Two streams of vehicles meet at the construction port at the 75950 km (radius) apogee of the geosynchronous (but ''not'' circular and geostationary!) 86164 second (one stellar day, which is a solar day minus 3 minutes and 56 seconds) construction orbit. | An Arnold-Kingsbury [[ LoopPort | Space Port ]] in a [[ HighApogeeConstruction | construction orbit ]], fed by a launch loop. Two streams of vehicles meet at the construction port at the 75950 km (radius) apogee of the geosynchronous (but ''not'' circular and geostationary!) 86164 second (one stellar day, which is a solar day minus 3 minutes and 56 seconds) construction orbit. |
Construction Port
An Arnold-Kingsbury Space Port in a construction orbit, fed by a launch loop. Two streams of vehicles meet at the construction port at the 75950 km (radius) apogee of the geosynchronous (but not circular and geostationary!) 86164 second (one stellar day, which is a solar day minus 3 minutes and 56 seconds) construction orbit.
Direct transfer vehicles launch from the loop at 10,200 m/s (surface relative) to an apogee of 75950 km. However, they start with a perigee of 6458 km, not 8378 km like the construction orbit, so they arrive with a velocity deficit of 114 m/s. They are accelerated to construction port velocity in a "short" (500 meter) Arnold-Kingsbury spaceport at 1.33 gees.
Delayed cargo vehicles launch from the loop at 10,500 m/s to an apogee of