Re: Station-building: a vessel proposal

[David Henderson <orbiter@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 5 Dec 2002, Orbital Mods wrote:

> Slightly off-topic, but I'm currently working on a Mir construction set of
> scenarios; the first batch of modules/launchers are nearly done, pending to
> tweak the meshes and add the solar panel animation. This first set will
> consist of the Mir core module and Kvant-I with FSB ferry, the rest of the
> modules will follow as time permits so.
> 
> While the Module-I mesh bundled in with Orbiter is too big for my Protons,
> nothing prevents you from using the already available Proton 8K82K to launch
> slightly smaller meshes. Remember its payload can be configured editing the
> scenario file.
> 
> Also, in case someone is working on the specs below, the Module-I is
> slightly bigger, at 10x4.2x4.4 m

I was playing with Arianne V last night and managed to launch a stacked
module-I and a module-II sucessfully. The fairing just about fits over
them with a one-stage launch.

Since the dragonfly doesn't appear to have a main thruster, I think I'll
have to put the second stage back (to allow correct orbital insertion).
This makes things tighter, but we (not the royal we, mind) could simply
make a few fairing.

Dragonfly is a slightly strange one, though. The multistage dll doesn't
seem to let me change the orientation of the payload, so the bulky
business end sits above the 'tail'. Obviously this doesn't fit in the
fairing, then. If I can find out how to rotate 180 degrees around either
the x or y axes, it should also launch without a problem.

Not had time to look into the fuel issue yet, probably won't get onto that
until Sunday, now.

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