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

• 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 simple launchpads to custom surface tiles, runways and 3D buildings. It's possible to add new bases or enhance the existing through add-ons.

• See surface base add-ons

External links

Orbiter Manual