Cloudbase

Cloudbase
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons vehicle
First appearance"The Mysterons"
(29 September 1967)
Information
AffiliationSpectrum Organisation
Auxiliary vehicles
  • Angel Interceptors
  • Spectrum Passenger Jets, helicopters, Magnacopters
  • Gyroscopic escape pods
General characteristics
Propulsion
  • Hover combines
  • Anti-gravity compensators
  • Jet cloud conversion engines for flight
Power
  • Nuclear reactor
  • Solar energy panels
Mass87,000 tons or
4.52 million pounds (2,020 LT; 2,260 short tons; 2,050 t)
Length630 feet (190 m)
Width330 feet (100 m)
Height130 feet (40 m)
Population volume593 personnel

Spectrum Cloudbase, often shortened to Cloudbase, is the fictional airborne headquarters of the international security organisation Spectrum in Gerry Anderson's science fiction television series Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons (1967–1968). In the 2005 animated remake, Cloudbase is re-imagined as Skybase.

In both series, the base's design is that of an airborne aircraft carrier, stationed in either Earth's high troposphere (in the original series) or low stratosphere (in the remake).