From what I’ve read so far, a space elevator’s counterweight must extend beyond geostationary orbit in order to keep tension on the tether. If you’re higher than GEO, your orbital period will be longer than a day, so how is the counterweight kept stationary when it’s higher than GEO?
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It’s just a very tall skyscraper. That’s literally all it is. A very tall building, so it will stay in line because it’s attached to the Earth like any tall building is. Does the Burj Khalifa doesn’t need to do anything special besides not collapse under it owns weight. A space elevator is exactly the same.
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