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  1. MarkWatney2015

    Project Space Transportation System 2016

    The name of the larger satellite is SDS2, not SBS2 (that was a name for a different, civilian commercial satellite)... These SDS2 satellites were launched three times from a Shuttle (STS-28, STS-38 and STS-53) and once from a Titan IV and Atlas II https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/sds-2.htm
  2. MarkWatney2015

    Project Space Transportation System 2016

    The satellite model from hutchison66's STS-28 add-on is the historically accurate model for an SDS2 satellite...we can still use it
  3. MarkWatney2015

    Project Space Transportation System 2016

    I think gattis already made those missions as well in the previous pages....somewhere around pages 40-50 I think
  4. MarkWatney2015

    Project Space Transportation System 2016

    STS-35 is already an add-on as well
  5. MarkWatney2015

    Project Space Transportation System 2016

    The payloads for STS-38 were two satellites, an SDS2 (USA-67) and an HS-376 (Prowler).... Fortunately both satellites have Orbiter add-ons already, with SDS2 being included in the STS-28 package The configuration for STS-38 should be identical with the image below:
  6. MarkWatney2015

    Updates ISS UPDATES

    Every mainstream media still considers Crew-9 as a "rescue mission" when in reality it is definitely NOT
  7. MarkWatney2015

    Project Space Transportation System 2016

    There's even a later version from 9.2.2022 https://u.pcloud.link/publink/show?code=XZvwmbVZK16Fk3vvLwHtu7DrWQ9H2yBaYqgX
  8. MarkWatney2015

    Science Earth might have had a ring during the Ordovician

    Those were Kordylewski Clouds, they're very different from actual rings
  9. MarkWatney2015

    Science Earth might have had a ring during the Ordovician

    This one's most likely artificial as the paper said it was detected at an altitude of 600 km
  10. MarkWatney2015

    Science Earth might have had a ring during the Ordovician

    Just approximately 16 million years before the Ordovician-Silurian mass extinction.....could the fallout of this ring might've triggered it?
  11. MarkWatney2015

    AMSO AMSO for Orbiter 2016 released

    It is only enabled after launching from the Moon (or aborting it Apollo 10 style)
  12. MarkWatney2015

    OHM Space Launch System for Orbiter 2016 0.1.2

    Just for fun, I modified my Canaveral.cfg to make the Artemis-era structures around Pad 39B permanently seen in simulation Here's the code if you want to try it: ;;;--------------LC-39B-Artemis-Era--------------- ;;;------Default-Orbiter-2016-Installation-------- MESH FILE SLS/WATERTOWER...
  13. MarkWatney2015

    New Release Crew Dragon 2022

    Jared Isaacman becomes the SpaceX Leonov And also Sarah Gillis
  14. MarkWatney2015

    New Release Crew Dragon 2022

    Views of the "skywalker" ladder on Polaris Dawn
  15. MarkWatney2015

    Updates Boeing's CST-100 Starliner

    Nope...Soyuz 32 (1979) and Soyuz MS-22 (2022–2023) did it first Soyuz 32's crew returned aboard Soyuz 34 as a precaution in the aftermath of Soyuz 33's in-orbit engine failure on the final rendezvous/docking approach to Salyut 6 And we all know Soyuz MS-22 suffered a coolant leak last year
  16. MarkWatney2015

    Updates Boeing's CST-100 Starliner

    For those who still think that the former Starliner crew are stuck on the space station without any means of return, may I remind you of that one old BBC article from 1983 claiming that the crew aboard Salyut 7 at the time were "stranded" in space after a Soyuz rocket exploded (T-10-A) on the...
  17. MarkWatney2015

    New Release Crew Dragon 2022

    It's not an Orbiter screenshot. It's an actual official SpaceX render of the mission when they announced it on Twitter
  18. MarkWatney2015

    Skylab 1973 rebuild

    For historical context that I forgot to apply in the scenarios I gave: The parasol sunshield was unfurled on May 26th The main solar array wasn't fully extended until June 7th when Pete Conrad removed the metal strap that jammed it during launch on May 14th The twin-pole sunshade was installed...
  19. MarkWatney2015

    New Release Crew Dragon 2022

    A new private Crew Dragon mission, Fram2, will become the first manned spaceflight flying in a polar orbit around the Earth. Configuration looks similar to that of Inspiration4 Mission insignia
  20. MarkWatney2015

    Skylab 1973 rebuild

    The docking target must always be aligned with the crosshair mounted on the station (similar to how Apollo astronauts guide their craft on docking with their lunar modules)
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