Earth-Luna Transit Station IV (ELTS IV) — one of at least six Earth-Luna transit stations handling passenger and cargo traffic between Earth and cislunar space. In September 2156, a debris impact shattered a solar array segment on the station; the affected module was depressurized without casualties, but the repair cost reached 18 million UNC. The incident, following a March 2156 near-miss involving a Kuzmin-drive freighter, was cited by Secretary-General Samantha Adkins as the event that moved orbital debris from “inadvisable” to “uninsurable” — directly precipitating the formation of the UN Orbital Remediation Administration in June 2157.

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