statite

Noun

Meaning

statite (plural statites)

A hypothetical type of artificial satellite that uses light sails to maneuver.

Examples

A 100% reflective statite deployed around the Sun would have an overall density of 0.78 grams per square meter of sail. Source: Internet

Although the construction of such a massive inhabitable statite would be a gigantic undertaking, and the required material science behind it is early stage, there are other engineering feats and required materials proposed in other Dyson sphere variants. Source: Internet

A statite (a portmanteau of static and satellite) is a hypothetical type of artificial satellite that employs a solar sail to continuously modify its orbit in ways that gravity alone would not allow. Source: Internet

See statite for one such proposed use. Source: Internet

Spacecraft fitted with solar sails could also be placed in close orbits such that they are stationary with respect to either the Sun or the Earth, a type of satellite named by Forward a " statite ". Source: Internet

Such a statite could be geosynchronous in an orbit different (higher, lower, more or less elliptical, or some other path) from the conic section orbit dictated by the laws of gravity. Source: Internet

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