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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
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
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