Your First Space Platform
To create your first Space Platform can be created after sending a rocket with a Space Platform Starter Kit to space.
The space platform starter pack is an item that is required to begin a space platform. Each new space platform created requires another space platform starter pack. They are used by launching one in a rocket. To use the starter pack, place the starter pack in the rocket’s inventory, then select the “Build new space platform” option in a rocket silo. The player will be prompted to select a name for their platform, as well as what planet’s orbit the platform will be located. Once this is done, the rocket will launch and create the platform upon reaching space. Every starter pack will include 10 units of a space platform to help start the players’ expansion.

Recommended Items To Get Started
Rocket Silo
For the Rocket Silo you need:
- 1,000 steel plates
- 200 processing units
- 200 electric engine units
- 100 pipes
- 1,000 concrete
Space Platofm Starter Kit
The Space Platform Starter Kit requires:
- 20 Steel plates
- 20 Processing units
- 60 Space platform foundation (made from steel plates and copper cables)
Additional Equipment for Space Setup
When setting up your platform in space, I suggest you send these amounts of items:
- 50 transport belts
- some Long-hand inserters
- some Fast inserters
- 4 solar panels
- 1 electric smelter
- A few assembling machines
- Space platform foundations (large quantities)
- 3 asteroid collectors
- 3 crushers
Automatic Production Materials
To keep production efficient, set up assemblers to create these:
- Electric engines
- Blue circuits
- Low-density structures
- Steel plates
- Concrete (for the cargo landing pad)
Logistics Equipment
To send your white science back to the planet, set up a Cargo Landing Pad.
These items will help you establish a space platform, collect and process resources, and produce white science for research.
Examples for a starting space science platform
Here I have the two blueprints for the redesigned first Platform and an enhanced one. This can be used to also produce iron plates or iron ore to be sent down to Nauvis.
Space Science Small
Here is the blueprint for the Space Sciene One Small (txt)
Space Science Bigger

Here is the blueprint for the Space Sciene One (txt)