As in-space transit becomes increasingly sophisticated, increasing options in the overall on-orbit transit system may become necessary, serving to integrate varied systems with differing payload capacities and orbital intercept windows. Much of this would be supported by the use of orbital transfer vehicles that can rendezvous briefly with other spacecraft. But such vehicles do not have the ability to consolidate or redistribute payload and passenger traffic. Thus it may become necessary to deploy orbital stations in various positions specifically for this purpose in addition to the use of more comprehensive orbital stations and settlements. These would be deployed in many places, from Earth orbit to lunar and planetary orbits and eventually solar orbits.