Skyhook Equator
Skyhook space megastructures for launching
from equatorial skies to Earth orbits


Skyhook Animator

Animation rate
0 to 1440

Launch sites
1 to 10

Longitude
-180 to 180

Orbit direction
 

Hooking altitude
6 to 100km km





© 2026 by Peter Dow
(Aberdeen, Scotland)
peterdowaberdeen 'at' gmail.com







Orbiting Rotating Launcher
Animator-Calculator


Skyhook Calculator

Arc km
Radius km

Sidereal Orbits
Period hours
Velocity km/s

Geodetic Orbits
Period hours
Site-to-site hours
Angular velocity radians/s

Skyhook rotations
Period hours
Angular velocity radians/s
 Hook velocity km/s
Sling velocity km/s
Sling altitude km
G-force ⬤
Centripetal G
Launch G
Sling G
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