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This article discusses the fighter launch platforms of the Original Series battlestars. For information about similar facilities on Re-imagined Series battlestars, see launch tubes, landing bay and flight pod.

Maintenance crew complete their in the launch bay before Vipers launch (Saga of a Star World).

The launch bay is a place from where a Colonial battlestar launches its Vipers and other spacecraft.

Battlestars have two launch bays enclosed within two quasi-cylindrical nacelles located port and starboard of the ship. One of the bays is known as "launch bay alpha" (Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I).

The launch bays are directly adjacent to 16 launch tubes each, which are slanted towards the battlestar's aft. Designed solely for Viper craft, each of the sixteen launch tubes has a track in the launch bay where the Viper sits, as well as elevators ("Saga of a Star World", "Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I").

In addition, a rapid transport trolly permits fast transportation from the pilots' quarters to the launch tubes when the ship goes on red alert (Saga of a Star World).

Related Images

View of the rear area of a launch bay.

Notes

Presumably, the second launch bay is called "launch bay beta", though there is no dialogue that supports this.
This area is roughly equivalent to the hangar deck on Re-Imagined Series battlestars.

External links

Paxton, Susan J.. Official Universal blueprints of the launch bay and corresponding launch tube, complete with legend. (backup available on Archive.org)

(in ). Retrieved on 1 January 2006.

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-:''This article deals with Original Series battlestars. For information about similar facilities on [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]] battlestars, see [[launch tubes]], [[landing bay]] and [[flight pod]].''
+:''This article discusses the fighter launch platforms of the [[Original Series]] [[Battlestar (TOS)|battlestars]]. For information about similar facilities on [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]] battlestars, see [[launch tubes]], [[landing bay]] and [[flight pod]].''
 [[Image:Launchbaysalert.jpg|thumb|right|Maintenance crew complete their in the launch bay before Vipers launch (Saga of a Star World).]]
-The '''launch bay''' is a place on a Colonial [[battlestar (TOS)|battlestar]] where [[Viper (TOS)|Vipers]] are launched from.
+The '''launch bay''' is a place from where a Colonial [[battlestar (TOS)|battlestar]] launches its [[Viper (TOS)|Vipers]] and other spacecraft.
+Battlestars have two launch bays enclosed within two quasi-cylindrical nacelles located port and starboard of the ship. One of the bays is known as "launch bay alpha" ([[Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I]]).
+The launch bays are directly adjacent to 16 [[launch tubes (TOS)|launch tubes]] each, which are slanted towards the battlestar's aft. Designed solely for Viper craft, each of the sixteen launch tubes has a track in the launch bay where the Viper sits, as well as elevators ("[[Saga of a Star World]]", "[[Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I]]").
-Battlestars have two launch bays with one on port and another on starboard. One of the bays is known as "launch bay alpha" ([[Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I]]).
+In addition, a [[rapid transport trolly]] permits fast transportation from the pilots' quarters to the launch tubes when the ship goes on red alert ([[Saga of a Star World]]).
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-The launch bays are directly adjacent to 16 [[launch tubes (TOS)|launch tubes]] each, which are slanted towards the battlestar's aft. Designed solely for Viper craft, each of the sixteen launch tubes has a track in the launch bay where the Viper sits, as well as elevators ("[[Saga of a Star World]]", "[[Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I]]").  In addition, a [[rapid transport trolly]] permits fast transportation from the pilots' quarters to the launch tubes when the ship goes on red alert ([[Saga of a Star World]]).
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