Space1 Equator Heat & Pacific Rockets

Equator Heat & Pacific Rockets

Globe world maps show the line of intense heat where the Equator bisects the vast Pacific Ocean into North and South.


The Equator is thought of as one of the hottest places on Earth. It's better to relocate farther North to the Tropic of Cancer to reduce heat, as SPACE1 has done.

You can't hide from the heat. Tropical depressions and trade winds can also effect heat off the Equator by transferring it to other locations. The isolation of the Pacific Ocean has attracted not only SPACE1 but other rocket companies such as SpaceX. Three times, in 2006, 2007, and 2008, SpaceX tried to launch a Falcon 1 rocket from Omelek Island in the Pacific Ocean, a coral shelf perhaps a meter above sea level and the size of three soccer fields.

The island is controlled by the United States military under a long-term lease (along with ten other islands in the atoll) and is part of the Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site. Kwajalein Atoll is part of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI). The southernmost and largest island in the atoll is named Kwajalein Island, which English-speaking residents often call by the shortened name, Kwaj. The first three SpaceX rocket launches from the hot weather location all failed.

SPACE1 redesigned its rocket fleet for Pacific Ocean compatibility with heat, without failure. SPACE1 is farther away from the equator and has heat relief over a 4 month period around the Monsoon. Space1 is operating away from US military bases in the Pacific Ocean and launches several rocket types. Space1 also operates a very large astronomical observatory in the Pacific Ocean by the name of Singularity Observatory with multiple largest in the world amped telescopes.

Skyscraper Observatory Diurnal Telescope Shield

Humanoido at Skyscraper Observatory has invented the Diurnal Telescope Shield DTS.

Telescopes stationed in observatories are generally unheated and uncooled to maintain thermal equilibrium. Although equipment under observatory domes may not be in direct sunlight, other observatories may differ, such as the skyscraper observatory.

Depending on location, the telescope may undergo baking under the sun or freezing. This invention is concerned with the former. A telescope may consist of plastic drive covers, nylon gears, special lens glue, rubber knobs, electronic components, and other components that can degrade, crack, or melt in direct sunlight which can approach oven temperature. Heat is a concern near the equator and in tropical or subtropical locations especially in the summer time.

The DTS is capable of shielding a sensitive telescope located outdoors or in a location which is exposed to the daytime elements such as wind, rain, and direct baking sun. Primarily as a heat and weather shield, the device covers the telescope and reflects 90% solar radiation. The outer layer is designed by NASA for space exploration. The inner layers are composited. The first version is benign with no internal machine cooling while the second active version has a miniature refrigerator using a circulatory Peltier cooler.