How it works
This space station name generator makes up a station for a story or a game: a name and kind, such as Good Faith Station, one of the real places a station can orbit, and the reason it exists.
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Name it, then place it
Press New space station. Tap a part to lock it, then press again. Lock the orbit to put a whole fleet of stations in one place, or lock the name and press until its purpose fits.
The orbits are real
In a geostationary orbit, 35,786 km above the equator, a station appears motionless in the sky. In a polar orbit it passes above or nearly above both poles on each revolution. A halo orbit goes around a Lagrange point, which is just a point in empty space. The list under the tool explains every orbit.
Questions and answers
What is a good name for a space station?
This page joins a name to a kind of station: Lantern Reach Ring, Watchkeeper's Waystation, Two Lanterns Outpost. The names are virtues, harbors and waymarks, crew roles and numbers.
Where can a space station orbit?
The list has low Earth orbit, where most artificial objects in outer space are, geostationary orbit, lunar orbit, orbits around and near the Lagrange points, an orbit over Mars and heliocentric orbit, which is an orbit around the Sun.
What is a Lagrange point?
Lagrange points are points of equilibrium for small objects under the gravity of two massive orbiting bodies. Near L4 and L5, about 60 degrees ahead of and behind the smaller body, trojan asteroids stay in stable orbits.
Are these the names of real or fictional space stations?
No. A name and kind that matched a Wikipedia page title or a page on a science-fiction fan wiki was taken out. No list is complete, so search a name before you publish it.