LEGO City 60228 Deep Space Rocket and Launch Control

LEGO City set 60228, Deep Space Rocket and Launch Control, depicts a rocket with a launch area and control center. It belongs to City, within Mars Exploration, was released in 2019, and contains 837 pieces.

Set 60228 is part of LEGO City and sits within the Mars Exploration subtheme. Its subject is a space mission built around a rocket, launch control, and ground crew, presented through the practical, civilian style typical of City rather than a fantasy setting.

The set contains 837 pieces and 6 minifigures. The lineup includes two astronauts in orange suits, one of them a woman, a technician in dark blue clothing, a launch director, and two scientists. Together, they cover crew, technical support, mission direction, and research roles.

This model works for role play, display, and as part of a City space collection. Within Mars Exploration it serves as a central launch scene because it combines the main vehicle, the launch setting, and the mission staff, making it easy to position alongside related sets from the same theme.

Inventory of set 60228

The inventory of set 60228 lists 837 pieces, spare parts excluded: 311 different lots (one shape in one color) for 247 part shapes. The box also contains 23 spare parts, for small elements that are easy to lose.

Colors of set 60228

Main color: black, making up 17% of the parts, followed by white (17%) and light bluish gray (16%).

Part types

Most common parts in set 60228

216 of the 247 part shapes in this set have their own page on Setopedia, with their colors, element numbers and the other sets that use them. See all LEGO parts

Exclusive parts in set 60228

2 part shapes in set 60228 appear in no other set in the catalog, most often printed elements, stickers or molds specific to the model. If one gets lost, you will need to look for it individually, for example on BrickLink, rather than in another set. Counting colors, 3 lots in the set are not found in any other set.

No similarly sized set supplies more than a quarter of its parts: set 60228 relies on a little-shared assortment.

Size of set 60228 within its line

With 837 pieces, set 60228 ranks #56 out of 723 City sets in our database, which have an average of 306 parts. Among the 459 sets released in 2019, it ranks #63. That is 2.7 times the average City set size.