Bassett Space Center

The Bassett Space Center (BSC, originally known as the CASA Launch Operations Center), located on Morotai, Helmanstend, is one of the Commonwealth Aeronautics and Space Administration's (CASA) ten field centers. Since December 1968, BSC has been CASA's primary launch center of human spaceflight. Launch operations for the Drom, Skylab and Space Shuttle programs were carried out from Bassett Space Center Launch Complex 39 and managed by BSC. Located on the east coast of Morotai, BSC is adjacent to Bassett Space Force Station (BSFS). The management of the two entities work very closely together, share resources and operate facilities on each other's property.

Though the first Drom flights and all Project Eris and Project Polaris flights took off from the then-Bassett Air Force Station, the launches were managed by BSC and its previous organization, the Launch Operations Directorate. Starting with the fourth Polaris mission, the CASA launch control center in Bassett (Eris Control Center, later the Launch Control Center) began handing off control of the vehicle to the Mission Control Center in Permgarod, shortly after liftoff; in prior missions it held control throughout the entire mission.