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A '''space station''' is a facility built for use such as habitation, research or defense in a planetary orbit or deep space. The term is sometimes also applied to mobile facilities.
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A '''space station''' is a term referring to a platform or facility built for use such as habitation, research or defense in a planetary orbit or deep space. The term is can also be applied to mobile facilities.


== Overview ==
The first space station was the Russian's [[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.
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=== List of known human space stations ===
*'''[[Casimir Station]]''' - a space station presumably in orbit over [[Reach]].
*'''[[Casimir Station]]''' - a space station presumably in orbit over [[Reach]].
*'''[[Carinae Station]]'''
*'''[[Carinae Station]]'''
*'''[[Deep-Space Anomaly 0198]]''' - a [[Forerunner]] station in the [[Soell]] system.
*'''''[[Fermion]]''''' - a UNSC Remote Scanning Outpost based in the [[Epsilon Eridani system]].
*'''''[[Fermion]]''''' - a UNSC Remote Scanning Outpost based in the [[Epsilon Eridani system]].
*'''''[[High Charity]]''''' - the Covenant's mobile capitol and holy city
*'''[[Lawrence Space Station]]''' - a human space station in the [[26 Draconis system]].
*'''[[Lawrence Space Station]]''' - a human space station in the [[26 Draconis system]].
*'''[[Unidentified ONI medical facility]]''' - an unidentified [[Office of Naval Intelligence|ONI]] medical station in Reach's orbit.
*'''[[Unidentified ONI medical facility]]''' - an unidentified [[Office of Naval Intelligence|ONI]] medical station in Reach's orbit.
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*'''[[Ivanoff Station]]''', a UNSC orbital research facility based in an asteroid field near [[Installation 03]].
*'''[[Ivanoff Station]]''', a UNSC orbital research facility based in an asteroid field near [[Installation 03]].
*'''[[Station Wayward Rest]]''' - the terminal station of the [[Centennial Orbital Elevator]].
*'''[[Station Wayward Rest]]''' - the terminal station of the [[Centennial Orbital Elevator]].
*'''[[Solitary]]''' - a ''Halo 3'' multiplayer map set on an unknown Forerunner detention center.
*'''[[Threshold gas mine]]''' - a Forerunner [[Flood research facility]] suspended in Threshold's upper atmosphere.
*'''[[Tiara]]''' - a [[space elevator]] anchor and terminal facility in orbit around [[Harvest]].
*'''[[Tiara]]''' - a [[space elevator]] anchor and terminal facility in orbit around [[Harvest]].
*'''''[[Tripoli]]''''' - a UNSC deep-space station.
*'''''[[Tripoli]]''''' - a UNSC deep-space station.
== Space stations in the Covenant ==
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=== List of known Covenant space stations ===
*'''''[[High Charity]]''''' - the Covenant's mobile capitol and holy city
*'''''[[Unyielding Hierophant]]''''' - a [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] mobile fleet command center.
*'''''[[Unyielding Hierophant]]''''' - a [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] mobile fleet command center.
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A space station is a term referring to a platform or facility built for use such as habitation, research or defense in a planetary orbit or deep space. The term is can also be applied to mobile facilities.

Overview

The first space station was the Russian's Salyut 1, launched on April 19, 1971. Following the success of the Salyut-series in the 1980s, the Russians launched the 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 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.

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List of known human space stations

Space stations in the Covenant

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List of known Covenant space stations


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