Quito Space Tether

The Quito Space Tether is a space elevator located on Earth. The tether was completed on January 14th, 2313 and named on March 9th, 2401. It is used for lifting heavy ordinance from the surrounding port facilities into an orbital station at the top of the elevator structure, a transport method much cheaper and more efficient than booster rockets filled with expensive fuel. The receiving station at the top of the elevator tether housed a monument dedicated to doctors Tobias Fleming Shaw and Wallace Fujikawa, the creators of the Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine.

Trivia

 * The new Halo 3 multiplayer level, Orbital, takes place on the upper levels of the Quito Tether.
 * Given its naming, it is likely that the elevator is based in San Francisco de Quito, the capital city of Ecuador, and as such would be the second known Space Elevator in Latin America.