Category: Orbiter - Orbital Stations
Skylab Mission 2 Mk2

File Description:
Skylab 2 mission 003 release. For the new NASSP-1B-3_02 update with accurate fuel volume on AS-206 csm. Accurate skylab station orbit at 50:00 deg 427 by 439 km altitude. Thanks to Joe Bar for is wenderfull NASSP-1B-3_02 update. More stuff here: http://members.lycos.co.uk/flightsimmer/orbiter.htm

Filename:	Skylab_Mission_2_Mk2.zip
License:	Freeware
Added:	9th January 2003, 06:19:12
Downloads:	6,554
Author:	Ronald Dandurand
Size:	3.76 KB

Category: Orbiter - Orbital Stations
SKY Satellite

File Description:
Control the SKY Satellite while orbiting the Earth.

Filename:	SKY_Satellite.zip
License:	Freeware
Added:	31st October 2002, 04:25:14
Downloads:	855
Author:	Chris Batih
Size:	82.89 KB

Category: Orbiter - Orbital Stations
New Skylab 2, 3 And 4 Mission

File Description:
Skylab 2 25 May 1973 13:00 GMT. Duration: 28.03 days. Call Sign: Skylab. Backup Crew: McCandless, Musgrave, Schweickart. Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Complex: LC39B. Launch Vehicle: Saturn IB . LV Configuration: Saturn IB s/n SA-206. Program: Skylab. Class: Manned. Type: Lunar spacecraft. Spacecraft: Apollo CSM. Payload : Apollo CSM 116. Mass: 19,979 kg. Location of Spacecraft: Naval Aviation Museum, Pensacola, FL. Perigee: 427 km. Apogee: 439 km. Inclination: 50.0 deg. Period: 93.2 min. Epic repair mission which brought Skylab into working order. Included such great moments as Conrad being flung through space by the whiplash after heaving on the solar wing just as the debris constraining it gave way; deployment of a lightweight solar shield, developed in Houston in one week, which brought the temperatures down to tolerable levels. With this flight US again took manned spaceflight duration record. When the meteoroid shield ripped loose, it disturbed the mounting of workshop solar array "wing" two and caused it to partially deploy. The exhaust plume of the second stage retro-rockets impacted the partially deployed solar array and literally blew it into space. Also, a strap of debris from the meteoroid shield overlapped solar array "wing" number one such that when the programmed deployment signal occurred, wing number one was held in a slightly opened position where it was able to generate virtually no power. In the meantime, the space station had achieved a near-circular orbit at the desired altitude of 435 kilometers (270 miles). All other major functions including payload shroud jettison, deployment of the Apollo Telescope Mount (Skylab's solar observatory) and its solar arrays, and pressurization of the space station occurred as planned. Scientists, engineers, astronauts, and management personnel at the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center and elsewhere worked throughout the first ten-day period of Skylab's flight to devise the means for its rescue. Simultaneously, Skylab--seriously overheating--was maneuvered through varying nose-up attitudes that would best maintain an acceptable "holding" condition. Because of the loss of the meteoroid shield, however, this positioning caused workshop temperatures to rise to 52 degrees Celsius (126 degrees F). During that ten-day period and for some time thereafter, the space station operated on less than half of its designed electrical system, in the partially nose-up attitudes, was generating power at reduced efficiency. The optimum condition that maintained the most favorable balance between Skylab temperatures and its power generation capability occurred at approximately 50 degrees nose-up. The crew rendezvoused with Skylab on the fifth orbit. After making substantial repairs, including deployment of a parasol sunshade which cooled the inside temperatures to 23.8 degrees C (75 degrees F), by June 4 the workshop was in full operation. In orbit the crew conducted solar astronomy and Earth resources experiments, medical studies, and five student experiments; 404 orbits and 392 experiment hours were completed; three EVAs totalled six hours, 20 minutes. Skylab 3 28 July 1973 11:10 GMT. Duration: 59.46 days. Call Sign: Skylab. Backup Crew: Brand, Lenoir, Lind. Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Complex: LC39B. Launch Vehicle: Saturn IB . LV Configuration: Saturn IB s/n SA-207. Program: Skylab. Class: Manned. Type: Lunar spacecraft. Spacecraft: Apollo CSM. Payload: Apollo CSM 117. Mass: 20,121 kg. Location of Spacecraft: NASA Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, OH. Perigee: 422 km. Apogee: 442 km. Inclination: 50.0 deg. Period: 93.2 min. Continued maintenance of the Skylab space station and extensive scientific and medical experiments. Installed twinpole solar shield on EVA; performed major inflight maintenance; doubled record for length of time in space. Completed 858 Earth orbits and 1,081 hours of solar and Earth experiments; three EVAs totalled 13 hours, 43 minutes. Skylab4 16 November 1973 14:01 GMT. Duration: 84.05 days. Call Sign: Skylab. Backup Crew: Brand, Lenoir, Lind. Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Complex: LC39B. Launch Vehicle: Saturn IB . LV Configuration: Saturn IB s/n SA-208. Program: Skylab. Class: Manned. Type: Lunar spacecraft. Spacecraft: Apollo CSM. Payload: Apollo CSM 118. Mass: 20,847 kg. Location of Spacecraft: National Air and Space Museum (Smithsonian Institution), Washington, DC. Perigee: 422 km. Apogee: 437 km. Inclination: 50.0 deg. Period: 93.1 min. Included observation and photography of Comet Kohoutek among numerous experiments. Completed 1,214 Earth orbits and four EVAs totalling 22 hours, 13 minutes. Increased manned space flight time record by 50%. Rebellion by crew against NASA Ground Control overtasking led to none of the crew ever flying again.

Filename:	New_Skylab_2_3_And_4_Mission.zip
License:	Freeware
Added:	11th January 2003, 16:39:14
Downloads:	1,934
Author:	Ronald Dandurand
Size:	6.06 KB

Category: Orbiter - Orbital Stations
JELAIR - Modoolar Modular Spacestation Systems

File Description:
The JELAIR Modoolar modular spacestation system (fictional), is a bunch of seperate modules that can be launced into LEO on the spaceshuttle. In space you can then assemble as many modules as you like, in various configurations, and thus create almost any size and shape spacestation.

Filename:	JELAIR__Modoolar_Modular_Spacestation_Systems.zip
License:	Freeware
Added:	14th March 2004, 01:26:32
Downloads:	867
Author:	Jacob Larsen
Size:	926.05 KB

Category: Orbiter - Orbital Stations
Space Station -- A Realistic Approach to Artificial Gravity

File Description:
ARAAG -- A Realistic Approach to Artificial Gravity. This is what I believe the first artificial gravity space station will look like, simply because it's realistic -- it's something that could be built with today's technology in the very near future.

Filename:	Space_Station__A_Realistic_Approach_to_Artificial_.zip
License:	Freeware, limited distribution
Added:	29th March 2004, 01:31:50
Downloads:	979
Author:	Justin Haupt
Size:	6.7 MB

Category: Orbiter - Orbital Stations
Hammerhead Orbital Station, v2.0

File Description:
Hammerhead Station is a near-future LEO station with three rotating 'hammers' to provide gravity in the habitation modules. There are six docking ports to handle busy traffic. Hammerhead's animation is provided by Vinka's spacecraft.dll module (included in the zip), and as far as I can tell, was the first station to be released with animated parts.

New with v2.0: - XPDR & IDS freqs. - modified mesh & animation. - fuel capacity added to Hammerhead. - new scenarios at Mars, Titan, Venus & Earth.

Thanks to the nearly 350 people who downloaded the first version!

Filename:	Hammerhead_Orbital_Station_v20.zip
License:	Freeware, limited distribution
Added:	2nd January 2004, 02:42:36
Downloads:	1,998
Author:	Brian Burger
Size:	465.12 KB

Category: Orbiter - Orbital Stations
New Olympus Base

File Description:
This is a new version of my original modification of the default Olympus Station scenery. It includes 2 new meshes and is fully compatible with the latest version of Orbiter.

Filename:	New_Olympus_Base.zip
License:	Freeware
Added:	17th December 2003, 06:16:30
Downloads:	965
Author:	Bill Mullins
Size:	8.87 KB

Category: Orbiter - Orbital Stations
Crystal Palace

File Description:
The Crystal Palace is a large mid-future (2030s) ESA station in geosynchronous orbit with five rotating habitation rings and seven docking ports on its transshipment hub. Animation is provided by Vinka's Spacecraft DLL (instructions for obtaining this are given in the download).

Filename:	Crystal_Palace.zip
License:	Freeware
Added:	28th December 2003, 18:27:51
Downloads:	1,049
Author:	Roger Burton West
Size:	347.37 KB

Category: Orbiter - Orbital Stations
Dockyard One Orbital Construction Station

File Description:
Dockyard One is a near-future Low Earth Orbit space station, designed as a construction yard for larger stations or interplanetary ships.

Filename:	Dockyard_One_Orbital_Construction_Station.zip
License:	Freeware, limited distribution
Added:	12th October 2002, 21:33:00
Downloads:	1,609
Author:	Brian Burger
Size:	140.43 KB

Category: Orbiter - Orbital Stations
Ares Space Station

File Description:
This a little creation of mine, decided a big space station should exist for future Mars missions orbiting Mars. Obviously fictional, I present you the Ares Space Station, which is twice as big as the ISS and has twice the number of solar-panels. It also has the ability to accomodate 7 ships with its docking ports. Currently orbiting Mars at 820km altitude makes it the perfect place to rendevous, pick up some fuel and head off for home.

Filename:	Ares_Space_Station.zip
License:	Freeware
Added:	13th October 2002, 14:36:05
Downloads:	2,491
Author:	Robert Stettner (Foxtrot)
Size:	176.52 KB