Editing Earth spaceports in Orbiter2016

Mercury is the closest planet in our [[Solar System]] to the [[Sun]]. Mercury is a barren, rocky planet that that is littered with craters. The solid ground and low gravity make it ideal for a spaceship landing. The planet to this date has only been visited by two unmanned probes probes.


Mercury is the smallest planet in the solar system and is the closest to the sun. The orbital period is 87.975 days. The rotation of Mercury is tidally locked with the sun in a 3:2 spin-orbit resonance. So, an observer on Mercury would see one solar day every two Mercurian years. Mercury's axial tilt is only about <sup>1</sup>/<sub>30</sub>°, and its orbital eccentricity is the largest of the eight planets at 0.20563.

Mercury is a rocky planet appearing much like the moon and has virtually no atmosphere (none is modeled in Orbiter), and has no natural satellites.

Mercury was visited in 1974 and 1975 by Mariner 10 in two flybys and was again visited by MESSENGER spacecraft orbiting Mercury from 2011 to 2015 when it was deorbited. There is a plan for the BepiColombo spacecraft to visit in 2025.

The stock Mercury in Orbiter 2016 has a large cone-shaped hole at the North Pole.
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-Orbiter 2016 includes a number of spaceports modeled in the simulator. Below is a listing of those ports.
+Mercury is the closest planet in our [[Solar System]] to the [[Sun]]. Mercury is a barren, rocky planet that that is littered with craters. The solid ground and low gravity make it ideal for a spaceship landing. The planet to this date has only been visited by two unmanned probes probes.
-Any spaceport that indicates 0 visible pads includes a pad with zero dimension. These pads can be modified to include dimensions to make them useable. Any spaceport can be modified by the user and new spaceports can be added. Instructions to do so is included in Orbiter.pdf.<ref>Orbiter.pdf Orbiter Space Flight Simulator 2016 Edition, Martin Schweiger</ref>
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-|colspan="5"|'''Stock Orbiter bases'''<ref>Orbiter\Config\Earth\Base</ref>
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-|'''Base'''||'''Longitude'''||'''Latitude'''||'''Runways'''||'''Visible Pads'''
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-|[[Al Anbar]]||43°0'0" E||33°30'0" N||0||0
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-|[[Alcantara]]||44°22'48" W||2°16'48" S||0||0
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-|[[Baikonur]]||63°19'48" E||45°55'12" N||1||7
-|-
-|Barent Sea||35°18'0" N||69°18'0" E||0||0
-|-
-|[[Kennedy Space Center|Cape Canaveral (Kennedy Space Center)]]||80°39'6" W||28°35'4" N||2||10
-|-
-|[[China Lake]]||117°41'24" W||35°41'24" N||0||0
-|-
-|[[Doberai]]||132°30'0" E||1°0'0" S||0||6
-|-
-|[[Edwards Air Force Base]]||117°53'24" W||34°55'12" N||3||2
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-|[[Gran Canaria]]||15°12'0" W||27°36'0" N||0||0
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-|[[Habana]]||82°24'0" W||23°0'0"||1||4
-|-
-|[[Hammaguira]]||3°4'48" W||34°0'0" N||0||0
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-|[[Inyokern]]||117°49'48" W||35°39'36" N||0||0
-|-
-|[[Jingyu]]||126°30'0" W||42°12'0" N||0||0
-|-
-|[[Jiuquan]]||100°18'0" W||41°6'0" N||0||0
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-|[[Kagoshima]]||131°6'0" E||31°15'0" N||0||0
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-|[[Kapustin Yar]]||45°48'0" E||48°30'36" N||0||0
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-|[[Kourou]]||52°43'48" W||5°12'0" N||0||4
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-|[[Matagorda]]||96°30'0" W||28°30'0" N||0||0
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-|[[Musudan]]||129°30'0" E||40°30'0" N||0||0
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-|[[Overberg]]||20°19'12" E||34°34'48" S||0||0
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-|[[Palmachim]]||34°42'0" E||31°54'0" N||0||0
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-|[[Peenemunde|Peenemünde]]||13°54'0" E||54°6'0" N||0||0
-|-
-|[[Plesetsk]]||40°21'0" E||62°0'0" N||0||0
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-|[[Salto di Quirra]]||9°39'0" E||39°30'0" N||0||1
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-|[[San Marco]]||40°12'36" E||2°55'48" S||0||0
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-|[[Sriharikota]]||80°18'0" E||13°48'0" N||0||0
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-|[[Svobodniy]]||138°30'0" E||51°30'0" N||0||0
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-|[[Taiyuan]]||111°30'0" E||37°48'0" N||0||0
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-|[[Tanegashima]]||131°0'0" E||30°24'0" N||0||0
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-|[[Vandenberg Air Force Base]]||120°37'12" W||34°34'48" N||0||0
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-|[[Wallops Flight Facility|Wallops Island (Wallops Flight Facility)]]||75°28'48" W||37°49'48" N||0||0
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-|[[White Sands Space Harbor|White Sands Space Harbor)]]||106°25'10.3" W||32°56'35.7" N||3||1
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-|[[Woomera]]||136°48'0" W||31°6'0" S||1||8
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-|[[Wuzhai]]||108°2'0" E||38°36'0' N||0||0
-|-
-|[[Xichang]]||102°18'0" E||28°6'0" N||0||0
-|}
-== See also ==
+Mercury is the smallest planet in the solar system and is the closest to the sun. The orbital period is 87.975 days. The rotation of Mercury is tidally locked with the sun in a 3:2 spin-orbit resonance. So, an observer on Mercury would see one solar day every two Mercurian years. Mercury's axial tilt is only about <sup>1</sup>/<sub>30</sub>°, and its orbital eccentricity is the largest of the eight planets at 0.20563.
-[[Spaceport|Real world spaceports]]
-== References ==
+Mercury is a rocky planet appearing much like the moon and has virtually no atmosphere (none is modeled in Orbiter), and has no natural satellites.
-<references/>
-[[Category: Articles]]
+Mercury was visited in 1974 and 1975 by Mariner 10 in two flybys and was again visited by MESSENGER spacecraft orbiting Mercury from 2011 to 2015 when it was deorbited. There is a plan for the BepiColombo spacecraft to visit in 2025.
-[[Category: Surface bases]]
+The stock Mercury in Orbiter 2016 has a large cone-shaped hole at the North Pole.