Editing Space elevator (section)

===Launching into deep space===
An object attached to a space elevator at a radius of approximately 53,100&nbsp;km would be at [[escape velocity]] when released. Transfer orbits to the L1 and L2 [[Lagrangian point]]s could be attained by release at 50,630 and 51,240&nbsp;km, respectively, and transfer to lunar orbit from 50,960&nbsp;km.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spaceelevator.com/docs/iac-2004/iac-04-iaa.3.8.3.04.engel.pdf |title=IAC-04-IAA.3.8.3.04 Lunar transportation scenarios utilising the space elevator |author=Engel, Kilian A. |publisher=www.spaceelevator.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120424230830/http://www.spaceelevator.com/docs/iac-2004/iac-04-iaa.3.8.3.04.engel.pdf |archive-date=24 April 2012}}</ref>

At the end of Pearson's {{convert|144,000|km|mi|abbr=on}} cable, the tangential velocity is 10.93 kilometers per second (6.79&nbsp;mi/s). That is more than enough to [[escape velocity|escape]] Earth's gravitational field and send probes at least as far out as [[Jupiter]]. Once at Jupiter, a [[gravitational assist]] maneuver could permit solar escape velocity to be reached.<ref name="aravind">{{cite journal|title=The physics of the space elevator |author=Aravind, P. K.|year=2007|journal=American Journal of Physics|volume=45|issue=2|doi=10.1119/1.2404957|page=125 |url=http://users.wpi.edu/~paravind/Publications/PKASpace%20Elevators.pdf |bibcode=2007AmJPh..75..125A|access-date=7 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221130720/http://users.wpi.edu/~paravind/Publications/PKASpace%20Elevators.pdf |archive-date=21 December 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>