The Solar
Ring would have two spins in relation to the Earth: a slow heliostatic
spin of one rotation per year to face the sun and a latitudinal
orbit that varies according to the size of the ring, which would
keep the ring in position. The ring would be orbiting at around
30,000 km, just below the High Earth Orbit. The ring would require
an air space of 10-20 km to itself, depending on it's size, in
order to avoid collisions with stray satellites.
More information
about orbits in general can be found here. |