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A '''space station''' is | A '''space station''' is a platform or facility built for use such as habitation, research or defense in a planetary orbit or deep space. The term can also be applied to mobile facilities. | ||
== Overview == | == Overview == | ||
The first space station was the Russian | The first [[human]] space station in the modern era was the [[Wikipedia:Russia|Russian]] [[Wikipedia:Salyut 1|Salyut 1]], launched on April 19, 1971. Following the success of the Salyut-series in the 1980s, the Russians launched the [[wikipedia:Mir|Mir]] on 20 February 1986. The Mir was the first modular space station capable of supporting multiple unit modules, thus allowing greater flexibility in operation, as well as removing the need for a single immensely powerful launch vehicle. | ||
In 1998, five space agencies came together and initiated the [[wikipedia:International Space Station program|International Space Station programme]], a global effort to construct a space station for research purposes in a microgravity and space environment as well as serving as a landing platform for the testing of spacecraft systems and equipment required for missions to the Moon and Mars. | In 1998, five space agencies came together and initiated the [[wikipedia:International Space Station program|International Space Station programme]], a global effort to construct a space station for research purposes in a microgravity and space environment as well as serving as a landing platform for the testing of spacecraft systems and equipment required for missions to [[Luna|the Moon]] and [[Mars]]. | ||
More space stations were constructed across [[Sol system|Sol]] with the advent of interplanetary colonization in the late 21st century, followed by [[Human colonies|other star systems]] in humanity's subsequent interstellar era. By the 26th century, space stations had come to fill a broad range of roles as starship construction and docking facilities, heavily-armed defensive outposts, [[UNSC fleet|fleet]] support, even as colony habitats, in addition to their original primary role as science facilities. | |||
=== List of known human space stations === | === List of known human space stations === | ||
*'''[[Carinae Station]]''' | |||
*'''[[Casimir Station]]''' - a space station presumably in orbit over [[Reach]]. | *'''[[Casimir Station]]''' - a space station presumably in orbit over [[Reach]]. | ||
*'''[[ | *'''[[Chiron]]''' - a UNSC platform over [[Mars]], housing a prominent extreme-conditions training facility. | ||
*'''''[[ | *'''[[Eridanus Secundus]]''' - a hollowed-out [[asteroid]] converted into an [[Insurrectionist]] habitat. | ||
*'''[[Far-gone colony platforms]]''' - a series of human space habitats. | |||
*'''[[Gamma Station]]''' - a space dock in orbit around Reach. | |||
*'''[[Io Station]]''' - a listening post near [[Io]] in the Sol system. | |||
*'''[[Ivanoff Station]]''' - a UNSC orbital research facility based in an asteroid field near [[Installation 03]]. | |||
*'''[[Lawrence Space Station]]''' - a human space station in the [[26 Draconis system]]. | *'''[[Lawrence Space Station]]''' - a human space station in the [[26 Draconis system]]. | ||
*'''[[ | *'''[[Lisbon Station]]''' - a UNSC research facility established near [[Installation 05]]. | ||
*'''[[Lockhart medical station]]''' - a UNSC medical facility. | |||
*'''[[Midpoint Anchorage]]''' - a space dock located in the Sol system. | |||
*'''[[ONI orbital facility]]''' - an ONI station in orbit over [[Earth]]. | *'''[[ONI orbital facility]]''' - an ONI station in orbit over [[Earth]]. | ||
*'''[[Orbital defense platform]]''' - a type of [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] planetary defense station. | *'''[[Orbital defense platform]]''' - a type of [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] planetary defense station. | ||
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**''[[Malta Station]]'' | **''[[Malta Station]]'' | ||
**''[[Nassau Station]]'' | **''[[Nassau Station]]'' | ||
*'''[[Refit station]]''' - a mobile UNSC ship repair dock. | *'''[[Refit station]]''' - a mobile UNSC ship repair dock. | ||
**''[[Anchor 9]]'' - one of 18 refit stations in Reach's orbit. | **''[[Anchor 9]]'' - one of 18 refit stations in Reach's orbit. | ||
** | **''[[Anchor 10]]'' - a refit station near [[Dryad]]. | ||
**{{UNSCShip| | **''[[Cradle]]'' - a refit station destroyed in the [[Battle of Sigma Octanus IV]]. | ||
*'''[[ | **{{UNSCShip|Hopeful}} - a mobile state-of-the-art medical station constructed from two refit stations. | ||
*'''[[ | *'''[[Remote scanning outpost]]''' - UNSC space stations designed to monitor in- and outbound slipspace traffic. | ||
**'''''[[Archimedes]]''''' - the [[Sigma Octanus system]]'s remote scanning outpost. | |||
**'''''[[Fermion]]''''' - an RSO based in the [[Epsilon Eridani system]]. | |||
**'''''[[Democritus]]''''' - a remote sensing station in the [[Sol system]]. | |||
*'''[[Reyes-McLees Shipyards]]''' - a major UNSC ship construction facility over [[Mars]]. | |||
*'''[[Station Jefferson]]''' - an Insurrectionist facility in the [[Eridanus system|Eridanus]] asteroid belt. | |||
*'''[[Station Wayward Rest]]''' - the terminal station of the [[Centennial Orbital Elevator]]. | *'''[[Station Wayward Rest]]''' - the terminal station of the [[Centennial Orbital Elevator]]. | ||
*'''[[Tiara]]''' - a [[space elevator]] anchor and terminal facility in orbit around [[Harvest]]. | *'''[[Tiara]]''' - a [[space elevator]] anchor and terminal facility in orbit around [[Harvest]]. | ||
*'''[[The Rubble]]''' - an elaborate, independently-governed habitat in the [[23 Librae]] system constructed from a network of connected asteroids. | |||
*'''''[[Tripoli]]''''' - a UNSC deep-space station. | *'''''[[Tripoli]]''''' - a UNSC deep-space station. | ||
*'''[[Unidentified ONI medical facility]]''' - an [[Office of Naval Intelligence|ONI]] medical station in Reach's orbit. | |||
*'''[[UNSC construction platform]]''' - modular starship construction and repair facilities utilized by the UNSC. | |||
== Space stations in the Covenant == | == Space stations in the Covenant == | ||
The [[Covenant]] was a chiefly space-based civilization; the hegemony's [[Covenant military|military]] was heavily distributed across vast [[Covenant fleet|space fleets]], and its capital city ''[[High Charity]]'' was a mobile station almost constantly on the move. This stands in contrast to humanity's practice of concentrating their cultural, political and military centers on planets. | |||
=== List of known Covenant space stations === | === List of known Covenant space stations === | ||
*'''''[[High Charity]]''''' - the Covenant's mobile capitol and holy city | *'''''[[High Charity]]''''' - the Covenant's mobile capitol and holy city. | ||
*'''''[[Unyielding Hierophant]]''''' - a [[Covenant | *'''''[[Unyielding Hierophant]]''''' - a Covenant mobile fleet command center. | ||
*'''[[Station of Constant Sustenance]]''' - a resupply facility in the fringes of the Covenant's empire. | |||
*'''[[Ap'ot|Ap'ot Port]]''' - a [[Kig-Yar]] spaceport in the [[Y'Deio]] system. | |||
*'''[[Ranarum Orbital Platform]]''' - a [[Sangheili]] space station and docking facility orbiting their homeworld [[Sanghelios]]. It houses the [[Aanrar Shipyard]]. | |||
==Forerunner space stations== | |||
The [[Forerunner]]s constructed many of their most notable space artifacts in a planetary scale and are thus more aptly described as [[astroengineering|megastructures]] than space stations; these include the [[Halo Array|Halo rings]], the [[Ark]]s, the [[shield world]]s and the [[Capital]]. Nonetheless, there are some which fall within the more conventional definition of a space station. | |||
*'''[[Deep-Space Anomaly 0198]]''' - a small station in orbit around [[Threshold]] in the [[Soell]] system. | |||
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