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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.
[[File:HFB - SpaceStations.png|240px|thumb|A number of space station types.]]
 
A '''space station''' is a platform or facility built for use such as habitation, research or defense in a [[planet|planetary orbit]] or deep space. The term can also be applied to mobile facilities.


==Overview==
==Overview==
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.
[[Human]] space stations were constructed across [[Sol system|Sol]] with the advent of [[Human colonies|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.


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]].
==Types==
 
===Human===
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.
During the [[Human-Covenant War]], [[SPARTAN-III program|SPARTAN-III]] [[SPARTAN-III Alpha Company|Alpha Company]] fought on the "colony platforms" of the colony world [[Far-gone]]. It is unclear what the colony platforms consist of, but they may be space habitats.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HGOOC8|GOO|Chapter=8}}
 
*'''[[Munera Platform]]s''' - Orbital combat training and stations of the UNSC.
===List of known human space stations===
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*'''[[Anvil Station]]''' - a training station for [[SPARTAN-IV]] supersoldiers and [[Swords of Sanghelios]]'s [[Sangheili]] in orbit over an unknown planet.
File:TheArena.png|Concept art of Munera Platform A7
*'''[[Carinae Station]]'''
</gallery>
*'''[[Casimir Station]]''' - a space station presumably in orbit over [[Reach]].
*'''[[Orbital defense platform]]''' - A series of [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] planetary defense stations.
*'''[[Chiron]]''' - a UNSC platform over [[Mars]], housing a prominent extreme-conditions training facility.
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*'''[[Eridanus Secundus]]''' - a hollowed-out [[asteroid]] converted into an [[Insurrectionist]] habitat.
File:H2A CairoStation Loadscreen.png|''[[Cairo Station (station)|Cairo Station]]'', a {{Class|Moncton|orbital weapon platform}}.
*'''[[Far-gone colony platforms]]''' - a series of human space habitats.
</gallery>
*'''[[Gamma Station]]''' - a space dock in orbit around Reach.
*'''[[Refit station]]''' - [[UNSC starship|UNSC ship]] repair dock.
*'''[[Io Station]]''' - a listening post near [[Io]] in the Sol system.
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*'''[[Ivanoff Station]]''' - a UNSC orbital research facility based in an asteroid field near [[Installation 03]].
File:Anchor 9.jpg|''[[Anchor 9]]'', a [[refit station]].
*'''[[Lawrence Space Station]]''' - a human space station in the [[26 Draconis system]].
File:Cradle1.png|The ''[[UNSC Cradle]]'', a mobile refit station of alternative design.  
*'''[[Lisbon Station]]''' - a UNSC research facility established near [[Installation 05]].
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*'''[[Lockhart medical station]]''' - a UNSC medical facility.
*'''[[Midpoint Anchorage]]''' - a space dock located in the Sol system.
*'''[[Munera Platform]]s''' - orbital combat stations of the UNSC.
**'''Munera Platform A7'''  - a Munera Platform 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.
**''[[Athens Station]]''
**''[[Cairo Station]]''
**''[[Malta Station]]''
**''[[Nassau Station]]''
**''[[Oaxaca Station]]''
*'''[[Refit station]]''' - a mobile UNSC ship repair dock.
**''[[Anchor 4]]'' - a refit station near [[Sedra]].
**''[[Anchor 9]]'' - one of 18 refit stations in Reach's orbit.
**''[[Anchor 10]]'' - a refit station near [[Dryad]].
**''[[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.
*'''[[Remote scanning outpost]]''' - UNSC space stations designed to monitor in- and outbound slipspace traffic.
**'''''[[Archimedes]]''''' - the [[Sigma Octanus system]]'s remote scanning outpost.
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**'''''[[Fermion]]''''' - an RSO based in the [[Epsilon Eridani system]].
File:Fermion.jpg|The RSO ''[[Fermion]]''.
**'''''[[Democritus]]''''' - a remote sensing station in the [[Sol system]].
</gallery>
*'''[[Reyes-McLees Shipyards]]''' - a major UNSC ship construction facility over [[Mars]].
*'''Construction platforms and shipyards''' - The UNSC had construction platforms and shipyards in orbit of planets. Two examples are: the [[Reyes-McLees Shipyards]], a major UNSC ship construction facility over [[Mars]] and the [[Naval Yard AS-9]] over [[Reach]]. [[Station Delphi]], an abandoned construction platform over an icy [[Natural satellite|moon]].
*'''[[Station Delphi]]''' - an abandoned construction platform over an icy moon, thought to be the secret repair station for the {{UNSCShip|Point of No Return}}.
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*'''[[Station Jefferson]]''' - an Insurrectionist facility in the [[Eridanus system|Eridanus]] asteroid belt.
File:Construction platforms.jpg|[[UNSC construction platform|Modular starship construction and repair facilities]] utilized by the UNSC.
*'''[[Station Wayward Rest]]''' - the terminal station of the [[Centennial Orbital Elevator]].
</gallery>
*'''[[Teller Station]]''' - an ONI [[xenoarchaeology]] research station located at [[Site 17]] in the [[Oort cloud]] of the [[Epsilon Eridani system]].
*'''[[Asteroid]] bases''' - Human factions sometimes attach metal structures or hollow out asteroids to create stations.
*'''[[Tiara]]''' - a [[space elevator]] anchor and terminal facility in orbit around [[Harvest]].
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*'''[[The Rubble]]''' - an elaborate, independently-governed habitat in the [[23 Librae]] system constructed from a network of connected asteroids.
File:TFoR AS - Eridanus Secundus.jpg|[[Eridanus Secundus]], a hollowed-out asteroid converted into an [[Insurrectionist]] habitat.
*'''''[[Tripoli]]''''' - a UNSC deep-space station.
File:H2A Terminals TheRubble.png|[[The Rubble]], an elaborate, independently-governed habitat in the [[23 Librae]] system constructed from a network of connected asteroids.
*'''[[Unidentified ONI medical facility]]''' - an [[Office of Naval Intelligence|ONI]] medical station in Reach's orbit.
File:H4-IvanoffStation-ScanScreen.jpg|''[[Ivanoff Station]]'', an asteroid-based research facility near [[Installation 03]].
*'''[[UNSC construction platform]]''' - modular starship construction and repair facilities utilized by the UNSC.
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*'''[[Space elevator]] terminus''' - Orbital elevators terminate in orbit with space stations. Some examples across human space are: [[Station Wayward Rest]], the terminal station of the [[Centennial Orbital Elevator]] and [[Tiara]], the terminal facility in orbit around [[Harvest]]
<gallery>
File:H3 MP Orbital ENV-01.jpg|The [[Quito Terminus]], the termini of the [[Quito Space Tether]] in orbit over [[Earth]].
</gallery>
*'''Unidentified station types''' -
<gallery>
File:Anvil blueprint.jpg|Blueprints to [[Anvil Station]], a training station for [[SPARTAN-IV]] supersoldiers and [[Swords of Sanghelios]] [[Sangheili]] in orbit over an unknown planet.
File:Anil Station.png|''Anvil Station''.
File:H2A Terminals - IoStation.jpg|''[[Io Station]]'', an outpost in the Sol System.
File:Torque-Station8.png|''[[Auriga Station]]''.
File:TFoR AS - Endurance.jpg|''[[Medical Facility Endurance]]'', an [[Office of Naval Intelligence|ONI]] medical station in Reach's orbit.
File:HI Lockhart station.jpg|''[[Lockhart medical station]]'', a UNSC medical facility.
File:Chiron TL-34.JPG|[[Chiron]], a UNSC platform over [[Mars]], housing a prominent extreme-conditions training facility.
File:Gamma Station.jpg|''[[Gamma Station]]'', a space dock in orbit around Reach.
</gallery>


==Space stations in the Covenant==
===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.
The [[Covenant]] operated numerous space stations, most notably their [[city|capital city]] ''[[High Charity]]'', a mobile station almost constantly on the move. Additionally, an extensive network of resupply stations, spaceports and other facilities existed across Covenant territory to serve their ships and [[Covenant fleet|fleets]].<ref>''[[Halo: Mortal Dictata]]'', p. 221</ref>


===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.
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File:H2A - High Charity.jpg|The Covenant mobile station ''[[High Charity]]''.
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*'''''[[Unyielding Hierophant]]''''' - a Covenant mobile fleet command center.
*'''''[[Unyielding Hierophant]]''''' - a Covenant mobile fleet command center.
<gallery>
File:H2A Terminals - Unyielding 2.jpg|A holographic representation of the Covenant mobile space station ''[[Unyielding Hierophant]]''.
</gallery>
*'''[[Station of Constant Sustenance]]''' - a resupply facility in the fringes of the Covenant's empire.
*'''[[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]].
*'''[[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]].
*'''[[Ranarum Orbital Platform]]''' - a [[Sangheili]] space station and docking facility orbiting their homeworld [[Sanghelios]]. It houses the [[Aanrar Shipyard]].
*'''[[Oth Lodon station]]''' - a station operated by the [[New Colonial Alliance]] and Covenant remnants.
*'''[[Oth Lodon station]]''' - a station operated by the [[New Colonial Alliance]] and Covenant remnants.
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File:HE Covenant station.jpg|[[Oth Lodon station|A Covenant station]] near [[Oth Lodon]].
</gallery>


==Forerunner space stations==
===Forerunner===
The [[Forerunner]]s constructed their most notable space installations on a planetary scale, and many of them are more aptly described as [[astroengineering|megastructures]] than space stations. The [[Halo Array|Halo rings]], the [[Ark]]s, the [[shield world]]s and the [[Capital]] are examples of such installations. Nonetheless, there are some which fall within the more conventional definition of a space station.
The [[Forerunner]]s constructed their most notable space installations on a planetary scale, and many of them are more aptly described as [[astroengineering|megastructures]] than space stations. The [[Halo Array|Halo rings]], the [[Ark]]s, the [[shield world]]s and the [[Capital]] are examples of such installations. 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.
*'''[[Deep-Space Anomaly 0198]]''' - a small station in orbit around [[Threshold]] in the [[Soell]] system.
*'''[[Threshold gas mine]]'''
*'''[[Seclusion Spiral]]'''
*'''[[Maethrillian]]'''


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
<gallery>
File:H4-IvanoffStation-ScanScreen.jpg|''[[Ivanoff Station]]'', an asteroid-based research facility near [[Installation 03]].
File:H2A - ODP.jpg|''[[Cairo Station]]'', an [[orbital defense platform]].
File:Anchor 9.jpg|''[[Anchor 9]]'', a [[refit station]].
File:The Hopeful.png|''[[UNSC Hopeful]]'', a mobile hospital platform constructed from two repurposed refit stations.  
File:The Hopeful.png|''[[UNSC Hopeful]]'', a mobile hospital platform constructed from two repurposed refit stations.  
File:Fermion.jpg|The [[remote scanning outpost]] ''[[Fermion]]''.
File:TFoR AS - Eridanus space docks.jpg|The [[Eridanus II space docks|space docks]] of [[Eridanus II]].  
File:TheArena.png|An unknown station where the [[Spartan-IV]]s train.
File:Halo ring and thing.jpg|A post-war human station near an unknown Halo installation.
File:Anvil blueprint.jpg|Blueprints to ''Anvil Station'' in its full scope and configuration.
File:Anil Station.png|''Anvil Station''.
File:Cradle1.png|The ''[[UNSC Cradle]]'', a mobile refit station of alternative design.
File:H2A Terminals - IoStation.jpg|''[[Io Station]]'', an outpost in the Sol System.
File:H2A - High Charity.jpg|The Covenant mobile station ''[[High Charity]]''.
File:HE Covenant station.jpg|[[Oth Lodon station|A Covenant station]] near [[Oth Lodon]].
File:H2A Terminals - Unyielding 2.jpg|A holographic representation of the Covenant mobile space station ''[[Unyielding Hierophant]]''.
File:TFoR AS - Eridanus space docks.jpg|The space docks of [[Eridanus II]].  
File:TFoR AS - Endurance.jpg|[[Medical Facility Endurance]] above [[Reach]].  
</gallery>
</gallery>


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