thumb | 220x124px | right | alt= This is an image that shows StarTram launching a rocket. | StarTram launching a rocket thumb|right|240px|Hypothetical StarTram spaceport. The launch tube stretches into the distance to the east on the right (eventually curving up many kilometers away), next to the power plant which charges the Superconducting magnetic energy storage|SMES. RLVs return to land on the runway.
thumb | 220x124px | right | alt= This is an image that shows StarTram launching a rocket. | StarTram launching a rocket thumb|right|240px|Hypothetical StarTram spaceport. The launch tube stretches into the distance to the east on the right (eventually curving up many kilometers away), next to the power plant which charges the Superconducting magnetic energy storage|SMES. RLVs return to land on the runway.
StarTram is a proposed space launch system propelled by maglev technology. The initial Generation 1 facility is proposed to launch cargo only from a mountain peak at an altitude of using an evacuated tube remaining at local surface level. Annual orbital lift was estimated at approximately 150,000 tons. More advanced technology is required for a Generation 2 system for passengers, with a longer track instead gradually curving up at its end to the thinner air at altitude, supported by magnetic levitation, reducing g-forces when each capsule transitions from the vacuum tube to the atmosphere. A SPESIF 2010 presentation stated that Generation 1 could be completed by the year 2020 or later if funding began in 2010, and Generation 2 by 2030 or later.
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