Archive:CisLunarFreighter/Scripts and case studies/Radio communications/Space traffic control

Space Traffic Control.

Control Level

Level 1 - Starports ( essentialy local towers) Level 2 - Oribtal Control ( handles local Traffic and approach control) Level 3 - Space lanes Level 4 - Space based IFR Zone... Level 5 - Deep space...

Orbital Control (level 2)

== Lane managment (Level 3)

Flght Rules Zones (level 4)

Off limits space... Restricted Airspace (for example Demios, Europa)

Specialist codes

These are some 'special' codes you may hear in trafic control messages.

All these are sounded phonetically, for example...

Victor-India-Papa-Romeo please state intention.

Victor-Alpha-Delta,Romeo please identify IMMEDIATELY

• V,A,D,R - Unidentified rouge ship
• V,I,P,R - Space Crops military vessel - (You don't mess with these!)
• B,O,M,I - Presidential 'Yacht'.
• S.T.A.R - Diplomatic Vessel

Indications ussaly sounded phonetically:

• EVA - I have persons active outside vessel
• LAME - (to tower) I have partial loss of manouvrability
• DEAD - (to tower) I have TOTAL loss of manovrability
• CHOKE - (to tower) I have loss of life support.

Call Signs

In respect of Sol system call signs for spacecraft are centrally allocated in respect of civil vessels. Millatry vessels are ussaly Star Corps...

Vehcile classes: Sounded phonetically,

• V,I,P,R : Used for ALL military vehicles (Additonals chacters are assigned by

the Space Corps as needed for indvidiaul vessels)

• S,T,R - Heavy freighter
• F,T,R - Frieghtet
• T,D,R - Trader
• P,A,S - Passanger Vessel, Large
• P,E,R - Passnager vessel, Small
• P,L,X - Pleasure craft
• O,O,K (Abrvetaion of Coocon)- Cyrogenic suspension vessel, ussaly unmanned.