Clavius Base (World of 2001: ASO add-on)
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| Clavius Base | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Description | |||
| Full name | Clavius Base | ||
| Role | Spaceport | ||
| Personnel | 500 | ||
| Construction start date | date unknown | ||
| Commision date | 1994 | ||
| Operated by | USAA | ||
| Basic Data | |||
| Body | Moon | ||
| Dimensions | 1 km x 1 km | ||
| Position | -15 (long) | ||
| -59 (lat) | |||
| Elevation | 0.0 m | ||
| Infrastructure | |||
| Launchapads | 4 | ||
| Tanks | 1 | ||
| Navigational radio transmitters | |||
| Type : Id | Frequency | Remarks | |
| VOR : LCB | 116.00 kHz | (-15, -59) | |
Clavius Base is a fictional Lunar base featured in World of 2001: A Space Odyssey add-on for Orbiter space flight simulator (a closed source, freeware simulator by Martin Schweiger).
The base has been envisioned by Arthur C. Clarke's in a Space Odyssey series (2001: A Space Odyssey, 2010: Odyssey Two, 2061: Odyssey Three and Lost Worlds of 2001).
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[edit] Infrastructure
Spaceport infrastructure is extensive as can be expected from the primary American lunar base. Among facilities available there are:
- 1 primary launchpad (covered by the dome) for Aries Lunar Lander
- 3 secondary launchpads for Moonbus activities
- 6 storage hangars
- 6 maintenance hangars
- 6 fuel tanks
[edit] History and evolution
[edit] Position and neighbourhood
Clavius Base is located in the south-western part of Clavius crater at 59.0° S, 15.0° W.
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[edit] Add-on genesis and evolution
[edit] Latest release
[edit] References
- ^ World of 2001: A Space Oddysey - an add-on documentation by Erik "Sputnik" Anderson et al.
