Space dock
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For the fictional space station called "Space Dock", see Space Dock (Space: 1999).
Not to be confused with docking and berthing of spacecraft.
A space dock is a hypothesised type of space station that is able to repair or build spacecraft similar to maritime shipyards on Earth. They remove the need for new spacecraft to perform a space launch to reach space and existing spacecraft to make an atmospheric entry and landing for repair work. They currently only exist in fiction, however concept work has been undertaken on real space dock facilities that could be built with current technology.
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