I originally put this list in the space station designs page but removed it because it was irrevelant to the game so I put it here.
Table
- Italic text indicates that the station is a prototype and is never meant to be crewed. Crewed prototype stations are not written in italic.
- Underlined text indicates that the station is solely built and owned by a private/commercial company.
- Deorbited stations are marked in green.
- Failed (non-prototype stations that couldn't be crewed) are marked in red.
- Cancelled stations are marked in grey.
- Operational stations are marked in blue.
- Planned or under development space stations are marked in purple.
List
Name | Nation | In orbit | Type | Remarks |
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Manned Orbiting Laboratory | USA | ― | monolithic | 1960s USAF project for orbital reconnaissance space stations, cancelled due to excessive costs |
OPS 0855 | USA | 1966-1967 | monolithic | Prototype station for the Manned Orbiting Laboratory program |
Salyut 1 | USSR | 1971 | monolithic | World's first true space station |
DOS-2 | USSR | launch failed | monolithic | Launched on 29 July 1972 |
Salyut 2 | USSR | 1973 | monolithic | Part of the Almaz military space stations program, depressurized after launch and was deemed unusable |
Kosmos 557 | USSR | 1973 | monolithic | Originally named Salyut 3 before launch failure, entered orbit anyway but was never crewed |
Skylab | USA | 1973-1979 | monolithic | First and only space station to ever be launched and operated solely by the US |
Skylab B | USA | ― | monolithic | Cancelled due to lack of funds, now a museum piece |
Salyut 3 | USSR | 1974-1975 | monolithic | Part of the Almaz military space stations program |
Salyut 4 | USSR | 1974-1977 | monolithic | First successfully launched Soviet non-military space station in 3 years |
Salyut 5 | USSR | 1976-1977 | monolithic | Part of the Almaz military space stations program |
OPS-4 | USSR | ― | monolithic | Built but never launched, was to be part of the Almaz program |
Salyut 6 | USSR | 1977-1982 | monolithic | First space station to receive large numbers of crewed and uncrewed spacecraft for human habitation, crew transfer, international participation and resupply |
Salyut 7 | USSR | 1982-1991 | monolithic | Part of the transition from monolithic to modular space stations, acting as a testbed for docking of additional modules and expanded station operations |
Mir | USSR (later Russia) | 1986-2001 | modular | World's first modular space station, completed in 1996, received US support following the collapse of the USSR |
Mir-2 | USSR (later Russia) | ― | modular | Planned successor to Mir, project merged into ISS |
Space Station Freedom | USA, Canada, Europe, Japan | ― | modular | Proposed as a response to the Soviet Mir station, later renamed to Alpha, project merged into ISS |
Columbus MTFF | Europe | ― | monolithic | Project merged into ISS |
International Space Station | USA, Russia, Canada, Europe, Japan | 1998-present | modular | Multinational project "led" by NASA, largest and most expensive spacecraft ever built, main structure completed in 2011 |
Almaz commercial | UK | ― | monolithic | Based on the Almaz military space stations program, cancelled due to lack of funds |
Genesis I | USA | 2006-present | monolithic | Prototype inflatable space habitat by Bigelow Aerospace |
Genesis II | USA | 2007-present | monolithic | Prototype inflatable space habitat by Bigelow Aerospace |
Galaxy | USA | ― | monolithic | Prototype inflatable space habitat by Bigelow Aerospace, cancelled due to rising costs |
Sundancer | USA | ― | monolithic | Prototype crewed inflatable space habitat by Bigelow Aerospace, cancelled later on |
OPSEK | Russia | ― | modular | Roscosmos plan to detach the Russian Orbital Segment from the ISS and turn it into a space station of its own by adding more modules, cancelled in 2017 |
B330 | USA | ― | monolithic | Prototype crewed inflatable space habitat by Bigelow Aerospace, cancelled later on |
Tiangong-1 | China | 2011-2018 | monolithic | First Chinese space station |
Exploration Gateway Platform | USA | ― | modular | Boeing proposal for a space station on one of the Earth-Moon lagrange points to reduce cost of extraterrestrial missions |
Skylab II | USA | ― | monolithic | NASA proposal for a wet workshop space station located at the Earth-Moon L2 lagrange point |
Tiangong-2 | China | 2016-2019 | monolithic | Identical to its sibling |
Aurora Space Station | USA | ― | modular | Planned station for commerical purposes and space tourism, cancelled in the year it was planned to be launched (2021) |
Tiangong space station | China | 2021-present | modular | To be completed in 2022 |
Space Complex Alpha | USA | ― | modular | Modular space station project by Bigelow Aerospace, launch date TBD |
Space Complex Bravo | USA | ― | modular | Modular space station project by Bigelow Aerospace, launch date TBD, larger than Space Complex Alpha |
Lunar Gateway | USA, Canada, Europe, Japan | ― | modular | Planned successor to the ISS, to serve as a science platform on lunar orbit and a major contributor to NASA's Artemis program of crewed moon landings, launch planned for 2024 |
Russian Orbital Service Station | Russia | ― | modular | Launch planned for 2028 |
Axiom Station | USA | ― | modular | Launch planned for 2020s, to be assembled on the ISS and later detach to become its own space station near the end of the ISS's life |
TBD | India | ― | TBD | Launch planned for ~2030 |
Lunar Orbital Station | Russia | ― | TBD | Launch planned for >2030, lunar orbit |
SLARI | Indonesia | ― | TBD | Launch planned for 2030-2035 |
Orbital Technologies Commercial Space Station | Russia | ― | monolithic | Launch date unknown, collaboration between RSC Energia and Orbital Technologies, a Russian aerospace firm |