Skylab is bigger and better! Version 2 of Skylab1973 includes Saturn V launcher. The Saturn B1 crew launches can be done with either NASSP or Velcro Rockets/Saturns plus AMSO. The Skylab mesh is improved with a smoother appearance, lower polygon and vertex count and some new animations for use with the new Skylab1980 add-on.
The screenshot below shows the launch accident that stripped off Skylab's sun/micrometeroid shields and one of it main solar arrays.
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Skylab1980 brings to life the 1978 Skylab Reuse Study - a serious proposal by NASA and Martin Merietta Corporation to reboost, refurbish and reuse America's first space station. Skylab1980 includes the Teleoperator Retrieval System - the Skylab reboost module, seen below being delivered by the Shuttle.
The add-on also includes airlock, docking module, solar panels and more needed to restore Skylab. Note the old APAS-75 docking apparatus, with outward splayed guide plates.
Three sets of senarios are included, so you can use Orbiter's stock Atlantis, or Space Shuttle Fleet, or Space Shuttle Ultra. The APAS-75 mesh fits over and hides the modern docking unit - no alterations are made to the Shuttle meshes.
The Ops Manuals for both add-ons provides historic background, plus full installation and operating instructions. Skylab1980 requires installation of Skylab1973 v2.0. The Shuttle Fleet and SSU are also separate downloads, of course.
Here is the fully refurbished Skylab for 1980 with Shuttle docked.
Skylab1980 is my entry in the ORBITER ADDON COMPITION.
Vote early and often! But most of all, enjoy the addon.
Click on the icons below for My Addons to open a link to Orbithangar.
The screenshot below shows the launch accident that stripped off Skylab's sun/micrometeroid shields and one of it main solar arrays.
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Skylab1980 brings to life the 1978 Skylab Reuse Study - a serious proposal by NASA and Martin Merietta Corporation to reboost, refurbish and reuse America's first space station. Skylab1980 includes the Teleoperator Retrieval System - the Skylab reboost module, seen below being delivered by the Shuttle.
The add-on also includes airlock, docking module, solar panels and more needed to restore Skylab. Note the old APAS-75 docking apparatus, with outward splayed guide plates.
Three sets of senarios are included, so you can use Orbiter's stock Atlantis, or Space Shuttle Fleet, or Space Shuttle Ultra. The APAS-75 mesh fits over and hides the modern docking unit - no alterations are made to the Shuttle meshes.
The Ops Manuals for both add-ons provides historic background, plus full installation and operating instructions. Skylab1980 requires installation of Skylab1973 v2.0. The Shuttle Fleet and SSU are also separate downloads, of course.
Here is the fully refurbished Skylab for 1980 with Shuttle docked.
Skylab1980 is my entry in the ORBITER ADDON COMPITION.
Vote early and often! But most of all, enjoy the addon.
Click on the icons below for My Addons to open a link to Orbithangar.
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