geosynchronous terminal station
Names: geosynchronous terminal stationterminal station
First appears in Book 3: Death's End, chapter 47 (Broadcast Era, Year 7 Yun Tianming)
Appearances
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What you know
Book 3: Death's End
- Ch 47The terminal station was completed in Crisis Era Year 15 and has eight concentric rings, with outer rings newer and larger, linked by five spokes.
- Ch 47Its rings each reflect an era's style; the outermost eighth ring has 1G and looks like a small surface city.
Key moments
- Book 3 · Ch 47Ascent to the terminal station
Cheng Xin rides the space elevator to geosynchronous orbit, experiences weightlessness for the first time, and passes through the station's rings to Port A225.
- Book 3 · Ch 47Briefing on the Sophon-controlled dinghy
The fleet chief explains the traffic-light warning system and bomb in the dinghy; Cheng Xin accepts the risk and the dinghy departs five hours later for the Lagrangian point.