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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. | 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 [[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. | 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. | ||
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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. | 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=== | ||
*'''[[Anvil Station]]''' - a training station for [[SPARTAN-IV]] supersoldiers in orbit over an unknown planet. | *'''[[Anvil Station]]''' - a training station for [[SPARTAN-IV]] supersoldiers in orbit over an unknown planet. | ||
*'''[[Carinae Station]]''' | *'''[[Carinae Station]]''' | ||
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*'''[[UNSC construction platform]]''' - modular starship construction and repair facilities utilized by the UNSC. | *'''[[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. | 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 mobile fleet command center. | *'''''[[Unyielding Hierophant]]''''' - a Covenant mobile fleet command center. | ||
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File:H2A - High Charity.jpg|The Covenant mobile station ''[[High Charity]]''. | 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: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:H2A Terminals - Unyielding 2.jpg|A holographic representation of the Covenant mobile space station ''[[Unyielding Hierophant]]''. | ||
File:Halo ring and thing.jpg|A UNSC space station near a [[Halo Array|Halo ring]]. | |||
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