Editing Surface bases

Surface bases (or “spaceports”) are [[launch]] and [[landing]] sites on the [[surface]] of planets or moons, usually equipped with [[launchpads]] or [[runways]], for vertical and horizontal liftoff and/or landing. Each surface base is defined via its own [[configuration file]]. When Orbiter loads a [[planet configuration]], it scans all surface base definitions for the planet and creates the corresponding bases.

The standard [[Orbiter installation]] features the following default surface bases:

==Default bases for Earth==
===Africa===
* [[Gran Canaria]]
* [[Hammaguira]]
* [[Overberg]]
* [[San Marco]]
===Antarctica===
(none)

===Asia===
* [[Al Anbar]]
* [[Baikonur]]
* [[Doberai]]
* [[Jingyu]]
* [[Jiuquan]]
* [[Kagoshima]]
* [[Kapustin Yar]]
* [[Musudan]]
* [[Palmachim]]
* [[Sriharikota]]
* [[Svobodniy]]
* [[Taiyuan]]
* [[Tanegashima]]
* [[Wuzhai]]
* [[Xichang]]
===Australia===
* [[Woomera]]
===Europe===
* [[Barent Sea]]
* [[Peenemunde]]
* [[Plesetsk]]
* [[Salto di Quirra]]
===North America===
* [[Kennedy Space Center|Canaveral]]
* [[China Lake]]
* [[Edwards]]
* [[Habana]]
* [[Inyokern]]
* [[Matagorda]]
* [[Vandenberg]]
* [[Wallops Island]]
* [[White Sands]]
===South America===
* [[Alcantara]]
* [[Kourou]]

==Default bases for the Moon==
*[[Brighton Beach]], located on the [[Moon]] near side.

==Default bases for Mars==
*[[Olympus]] located near [[Olympus Mons]] on [[Mars]]. 

==See also==
The detail level provided goes from a simples launchpad to custom [[surface tiles]], [[runway]]s and 3D [[buildings]].
It's possible to add new bases or enhance the existing through [[add-ons]].

* See [[surface base add-ons]]

==External links==
[http://www.download.orbit.m6.net/Orbiter.pdf Orbiter Manual]


[[Category:Surface bases]]