Every orbital facility must be placed into one of the spaces in the orbital grid.  No two facilities may exist on the same grid location. Unlike planetary facilities, orbital facilities have no map associated with them. The components of the facility are placed into a simple list.

The current components available for orbital facilities are:

• Shipyard- allows creation/repair of capital ships
• Docking Bay- allows landing/repair of fighters and freighters
• Docking Port- allows capital ships to dock alongside the station, allowing transfer of cargo and people
• Heavy Laser Turret- defense against starfighters
• Turbolaser Turret- defense against capital ships
• Ion Cannon- decreases the ionic capacitance of target
• Ion Battery- fires at capital ships
• Tractor Beam- to tract ships
• Missiles Launcher- launches up to 6 missiles per battle
• Shield Projector- provides shield points protection for the space station
• Solar Panels- provide energy for the space station
• Research Lab- allows R&D to occur on the space station
• Additive Armor- increases the space station's hull points
• Storeroom- increases the Weight/Volume capacities of the station
• Accommodations- vital component to support life
• Sensors & Communications Components- to locate ships and communicate. Sensor Range = 2* Log(<Station Sensors>) +1 (in squares and rounded down)
• ECM Components- to jam enemy's sensors and communications

Energy uses the same mode as ground facilities.

To be able to land in the station one of the following criteria must be fulfilled:

• The ship or Pilot Belongs to the same Faction as the space station
• The ship is on the space station's docking list
• The ship owner is also the space station owner
• The space station owner is also the ship commander
• A passenger on the ship is a member of the Faction owning the space station
• A passenger on the ship is the Owner of the space station
• The space station is owned by NPCs

The following must also be fulfilled:

• You must be at the same location as the space station
• The space station must have enough free space for the landing ship