List of CSPC facilities (Pacifica)

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The CPSC's facilities are deliberately distributed among various member nations across the South Pacific Ocean. The most important are the following centres.

Guidance and leadership

  • The CPSC headquarters is in Grovne, Sedunn
  • CPSC Main Mission Control (CMMC) is located in [tbd]
  • [Actual name tbd] is the secondary mission control center, located in [tbd]

Spaceports

  • [Actual name tbd] is the primary spaceport, located in [tbd: close to the equator].
  • Juno Spaceport was the primary spaceport until [tbd]. It is currently mothballed.
  • [Actual name tbd] is the primary backup spaceport, located in [tbd: relatively close to the equator].
  • [Actual name tbd] is the primary polar spaceport, located in [tbd: close to the south pole].

Education and training

  • The Joint Astronaut Training Centre (JATC) trains astronauts, located in [tbd]
  • [Actual name tbd] is responsible for deep sea astronaut training, located in [tbd]
  • [Actual name tbd] is responsible for desert astronaut training, located in [tbd]
  • [Actual name tbd] is responsible for polar astronaut training, located in [tbd]

Spacecraft and space technology

  • the Goends Propulsion Research Center (GPRC) is the main technology development and test centre for spacecraft, located in Goends, Sedunn.
  • [Actual name tbd] is responsible for the engineering and testing of satellites and their payloads, located in [tbd]
  • [Actual name tbd] is responsible for the engineering and testing of rovers, located in [tbd]

Science centres

  • [Actual name tbd] is the centre for astrobiology, located in [tbd].
  • [Actual name tbd] is the centre for advanced materials, located in [tbd].
  • [Actual name tbd] is the centre for heliophysics, located in [tbd].
  • [Actual name tbd] is the centre for power energy storage, located in [tbd].

Astronomy and observation

  • the Center for Pacifica Observation (CPO) is located in [tbd]
  • The Joint Astronomy Centre (JAC) hosts the science operation centres for all CPSC astronomy and planetary missions, located in [tbd]
  • major observatory 1, (location and name tbd, preferably at a high altitude without light pollution)
  • major observatory 2, (location and name tbd, preferably at a high altitude without light pollution)
  • major observatory 2, (location and name tbd, preferably at a high altitude without light pollution)

Tracking and telecommunications

  • [Actual name tbd] is the centre for tracking, located in [tbd].
  • [Actual name tbd] is a deep space communication complex, located in [tbd].
  • [Actual name tbd] is a(another) deep space communication complex, located in [tbd].