Borneo Space Tether
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[[File:|The tether over Borneo.]]
The Borneo Space Tether is a space elevator located on the island of Borneo, Earth. It is the only known space elevator in Southeast Asia and one of six elevators on Earth.
Overview
It is used for lifting heavy ordnance from the surrounding port facilities into an orbital station at the top of the elevator structure, a transport method much cheaper and more efficient than booster rockets filled with expensive fuel.[1] As a space elevator would preferably have to be constructed near the equator,[2] Borneo is an ideal location for such a structure as the island is located near the equator.[3]
Sometime between Operation: FIRST STRIKE and the Battle of Earth, the frigate UNSC Gettysburg docked with the station's terminus to deploy SPARTAN-IIs Linda-058 and Fred-104.
Trivia
- It is the only known space elevator to be named after an island, as opposed to a city.
- ^ Game Informer: December 2008, page 8
- ^ Wikipedia - Space elevator
- ^ Wikipedia - Borneo
