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🛗 Space Elevator: 2D Tether Taper and Climber Model

Interactive 2D side view of a space elevator in the co-rotating frame: a uniform-stress tapered tether, GEO station and counterweight, with a draggable climber and counterweight and live charts of cross-section ratio and effective gravity versus altitude, computed from the effective potential of Earth's gravity and rotation.

Space & Astronomy2DAdvanced60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted⇄ 3D version

Details

CategorySpace & Astronomy

RenderingCanvas 2D

DifficultyAdvanced

Target FPS60

ControlsSliders for tether material, safety factor, counterweight altitude, design payload, climber mass, climb speed and time warp; drag the climber or counterweight on the diagram, click the chart to move the climber, and toggle the gravity and centrifugal force arrows.

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⚙ Under the hood

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2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install