Spaceport (Civ6)

Spaceport
District of the Atomic Era
Introduced in Civilization VI
Unlocked by	Rocketry
Plunder	Science
Cost
Production	1800
Production	1800
Appeal	-1
Notes
A district that is required to construct the Science Victory projects. Cannot be built on Hills.

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The Spaceport is a District in Civilization VI, dedicated to conquering space. It requires discovery of the Rocketry technology and cannot be built on Hills.

• Effects:
  • Allows development of the Space Race projects, which are the way to Science Victory.

Projects

The launch of a Mars Reactor

• Launch Earth Satellite: Reveals world map.
• Launch Moon Landing: Grants one-time Culture bonus proportionate to Science.
• Launch Mars Habitation: Part of final step toward Science Victory.
• Launch Mars Reactor: Part of final step toward Science Victory.
• Launch Mars Hydroponics: Part of final step toward Science Victory.
• Launch Mars Colony: Third step toward Science Victory.
• Exoplanet Expedition: Fourth step toward Science Victory. Launches exoplanet spacecraft that triggers Science Victory upon reaching its destination.
• Lagrange Laser Station: Increases speed of exoplanet spacecraft.
• Terrestrial Laser Station: Increases speed of exoplanet spacecraft.

Strategy

Any player aiming for a Science Victory will need at least one Spaceport to undertake the required projects. Launch Earth Satellite must be finished before work on Launch Moon Landing can be started, and Launch Moon Landing must be finished before work on any of the three Martian colony projects can be started. The Martian colony projects can be completed in any order, and each one can be undertaken at a different Spaceport, so having three different cities with Spaceports can greatly expedite the final stages of the Space Race.

The Spaceport is not a specialty District, so it does not count against the Population limit of the city.

In Rise and Fall, players with a Royal Society can spend their Builders' charges to contribute Production to their Spaceports' projects.

Note that an enemy Spy can sabotage a Spaceport via the Disrupt Rocketry espionage mission, leaving it out of action until it can be repaired.

Civilopedia entry

The image of a spaceport (or cosmodrome) as a gateway to the stars is evocative of adventure and discovery, of the next "great frontier" for civilization. The reality is much more prosaic: a place to launch (and maybe eventually land) rockets, much like a seaport for ships or airport for planes. Like those, a spaceport consists of derricks, cranes, administration buildings, control centers, fuel tanks and the working infrastructure. The world's first permanent facility for orbital, manned launches was Baikonur – which had started as a Soviet military test range – in 1955 AD. Spurred by that the United States soon converted the Air Force Missile Test Center at Cape Canaveral to launch sub-orbital and then orbital rocket test flights ... and the space race was on.

Trivia

• The progress of the current Space Race project this Spaceport is working on is visible: In the beginning, there is just a half-finished rocket in the hangar, and the launchpad is empty. Further on, the rocket becomes whole; then it moves to the launchpad. Then, a group of lights to the right of the launchpad shows additional progress: first, only one red light is on; then another one, then a yellow, and so on until right before the launch there are 2 red, 2 yellow and 1 green light.

Gallery

Concept art of an unworked Spaceport

Concept art of a Spaceport progressing through the different space projects

Related achievements

Advanced Seminar in Astrophysics As Seondeok, build a Spaceport district next to a Seowon A reference to Cheomseongdae, a star-gazing tower in Gyeongju, South Korea.

Civilization VI Science Victory steps [edit]
All game versions
	1. Launch a satellite Research Rocketry Build a Spaceport Finish the Launch Earth Satellite project
	2. Land a human on the Moon Research Satellites Finish the Launch Moon Landing project
Vanilla Civilization VI and Rise and Fall		Gathering Storm
	3. Establish a Martian Colony Research Nuclear Fusion Finish the Launch Mars Reactor project Research Nanotechnology Finish the Launch Mars Hydroponics project Research Robotics Finish the Launch Mars Habitation project		3. Establish a Martian Colony Research Nanotechnology Finish the Launch Mars Colony project
			4. Launch an Exoplanet Expedition Research Smart Materials Finish the Exoplanet Expedition project
			5. Help the Exoplanet Expedition travel 50 light years Optional: Finish the Terrestrial Laser Station project Optional: Finish the Lagrange Laser Station project