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单词 orbital tower
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orbital tower
orbital tower n. Science Fiction and Astronautics a structure linking a planet, moon, etc., with a space station or satellite which is in stationary orbit around it.
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1975 J. Pearson in Acta Astron. 2 785 If a physical connection could be made between the geostationary satellite and the ground, it would allow vertical ascent by powered capsules up this ‘orbital tower’ directly into geostationary orbit.
1979 A. C. Clarke Fountains of Paradise 51 At last we can build the Space Elevator—or the Orbital Tower, as I prefer to call it.
2002 Courier Mail (Brisbane) (Nexis) 10 Aug. M06 No one really expected to find life, though, so it comes as quite a surprise when the crew..observe the overnight creation of orbital towers extending from the planet surface into space.
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