Both pilots depart in a rocket-ship for an orbiting space platform. Their mission takes them past a space platform circling the Earth. The next, Space Tug, picks up almost immediately where Space Platform leaves off. America seeks to construct a Space Platform (station) to be deployed into medium Earth orbit. After fruitless negotiations, Ro-Man destroys Jason and McCloud's spaceship, along with the space platform. The space platform was built by MicroSat Systems of Littleton, Colorado. Space Platform is a young adult science fiction novel by American writer Murray Leinster. The space platform has an upgrade in star trackers (EADS Sodern SED26) and radio complex.