Morning Evyn MacDude,

From CT Supplement 11 Library Data (N-Z) copyright 1982 1st printing p. 22

"Starport: Establishment for the landing, servicing, refueling, and control of starships. Starports range in quality from A (the best and most extensive) to E (the worst, little more than a spot of cleared ground).

     Starports generally have two components: a surface facility and an orbital facility. The surface facility includes cargo handling, a landing field, control towers, and other necessary areas. Surface starport components are frequently called Down (as in Regina Down Starport). Orbital facilities are present (usually in stationary orbit above the surface component) to enable the handing of unstreamlined ships, and to allow construction of heavy craft in orbit. The orbital component is often called Orbital (as in Regina Orbital Starport). Type D and E starports have no extensive orbital facilities, but usually have navigational satellites or similar equipment. Non-streamlined ships at these starports must be serviced by shuttles. Starports, being the primary point at which starships interact with a system, are usually the location for additional bases, such as scouts bases, naval bases, or other military installations, and for shipyards."

From the above information I over-simplified my comment of "My understanding is that Class A through D starports have orbital and ground installations.", since I omitted the Class E and should have included "generally have two components".

Tom Rux

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