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Destination ports

The standard ports are classified as destination ports where cargo and passengers reach their final destination. These ports are located near population centers or resources required by the populations.

Downport

The Downport consists of facilities located on the surface of a planet. Almost all ports have at least some ground component. Landing at the Downport requires craft capable of atmospheric flight and landing. Since some spacecraft lack this capability, it will limit traffic.

Highport

The Highport consists of facilities located in orbit around the world, one or more large Orbital Complexes. These stations are usually in stationary or geocentric orbit above the Downport to enable handling of unstreamlined ships, and to allow construction of heavy craft in orbit.

Beltport

A Beltport is the location of the starport in an Asteroid Belt system. In design it is between a Highport and a Downport. The advantages of this system have lead some worlds to convert a small planetary moon or move a medium asteroid into planetary orbit to serve as a orbital belt port.

Subsurface port

These are port set into or beneath the surface of a planet. This is common on asteroid (e.g. Belt ports), vacuum worlds, underwater ports on water worlds, and other hostile planets.