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{{Quote|Taking your packages to new heights.|Slogan of [[New Mombasa Uplift]]}}
{{Quote|Taking your packages to new heights.|Slogan of [[New Mombasa Uplift]]}}


The '''Mombasa Tether''',<ref>'''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''', "[[Palace Hotel (short story)|Palace Hotel]]", ''pages 352 and 366''</ref><ref>[http://www.bungie.net/projects/odst/guide.aspx '''Bungie.net''': ''Halo 3: ODST Field Guide - New Mombasa'']</ref> also known as the '''Mombasa Space Tether'''<ref name="universe">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/locations/new-mombasa '''Halo Waypoint''': ''New Mombasa'']</ref> or the '''New Mombasa Orbital Elevator''',<ref>'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 296'' (2011 edition)</ref> was a [[space elevator]] located at the heart of the [[East African Protectorate]] city of [[New Mombasa]] on [[Earth]]. It was used for lifting heavy ordnance from the surrounding port facilities into a station in [[geosynchronous orbit]] at the top of the elevator structure, a transport method much cheaper and more efficient than booster rockets filled with expensive fuel. The company in charge of the management of the space elevator was called [[New Mombasa Uplift]].<ref>'''[[Halo 3: ODST]]'''</ref>
The '''Mombasa Tether''',<ref>'''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''', "[[Palace Hotel (short story)|Palace Hotel]]", ''pages 352 and 366''</ref><ref>[http://halo.bungie.net/projects/odst/guide.aspx '''Bungie.net''': ''Halo 3: ODST Field Guide - New Mombasa'']</ref> also known as the '''Mombasa Space Tether'''<ref name="universe">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/locations/new-mombasa '''Halo Waypoint''': ''New Mombasa'']</ref> or the '''New Mombasa Orbital Elevator''',<ref>'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 296'' (2011 edition)</ref> was a [[space elevator]] located at the heart of the [[East African Protectorate]] city of [[New Mombasa]] on [[Earth]]. It was used for lifting heavy ordnance from the surrounding port facilities into a station in [[geosynchronous orbit]] at the top of the elevator structure, a transport method much cheaper and more efficient than booster rockets filled with expensive fuel. The company in charge of the management of the space elevator was called [[New Mombasa Uplift]].<ref>'''[[Halo 3: ODST]]'''</ref>


==History==
==History==