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A rotor is placed inside the shell of the General Planetary Vehicle (GPV). It is intended to be launched into the outer space, therefore, both its body and its core are made of the useful load to be delivered into the space (raw materials and semi-finished structures and products, having, for example, rod-shaped form).

Just the first launch of the rotor forms a ring structure around the planet at the height of 500-5,000 km. It will serve as the basis for creating a cosmic necklace of the Earth and will connect plants, factories, power stations and residential complexes, created in space, into a single system with transport and energy communications. Subsequent launches of the rotor will deliver in space the elements of solar power plants, for example, foil reflectors rolled up and placed inside, as well as rods for the construction of the frame of the power plants. Each of them should have an area of dozens of square kilometers.

One launch of the rotor will be sufficient to deliver the materials and structural elements for the construction of solar power plants with the total capacity exceeding 100 million kilowatts. The electricity generated by them will then be used for the needs of the cosmic production unfolding on the orbit, and partly will be transmitted to the Earth for the GPV needs.