Summary

5° south
100 km launch track height
70 km return track height
14 km/s surface-relative rotor speed at altitude
3 kg/m rotor mass density
6353 km surface rotational radius at 5°S, 463.3 m/s rotational velocity
6453 km launch track rotational radius, 470.6 m/s rotational velocity, 9.499 m/s² gee force
6423 km return track rotational radius, 468.4 m/s rotational velocity, 9.587 m/s² gee force

14000.0 m/s surface relative rotor speed
14470.6 m/s inertial frame rotor speed
rotor density 3.0000 kg/m
deflection force 588.0 MN per slope fraction, 10.26 MN per degree
32.45 m/s² rotor centrifugal acceleration
3.4 centifugal-to-gravity ratio
2.4 track to rotor "weight" ratio, including stabilization cables
7.2 kg/m track mass plus stabilization cable mass+tension
- note: cables descend towards 9.8 m/s² surface gravity
Std. Atmosphere pressure 5.2209 Pa, density 8.2829e-5 kg/m³, temperature 219.6K -53.6 ℃

14020.3 m/s surface relative rotor speed (faster due to 30 km descent)
rotor density 2.9957 kg/m ("Bernoulli stretch" for constant mass flow rate relative to surface)
deflection force 588.9 MN per slope fraction, 10.28 MN per degree
13551.9 m/s inertial frame rotor speed
28.59 m/s² rotor centrifugal acceleration
3.0 centifugal-to-gravity ratio
2.0 track to rotor "weight" ratio, including stabilization cables
6.0 kg/m track mass plus stabilization cable mass+tension
Std. Atmosphere pressure 3.201e-2 Pa, density 5.604e-7 kg/m³, temperature 195.1K -78.07 ℃

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