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Remeinds of the Ranger from interstellar.

Maybe a thread for sts payloads?
I think I have this: EURECA used in sts 46 and 57?
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I need to redo the Eureca.
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I need to shorten the height and make her a bit wider.
What is a bit odd is there seems to be 2 rods for payload bay?
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when clearly only one in the yellow structure?
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As far as animation goes there is a arm that rotates out above the solar panels. I have seen drawing that show a antenna dish on the bottom.
 

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More of the TSS base and sat:
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Here is the setup
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Mentioned is an IMAX camera but not mentioned here.
but seen here.
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So the boom at satellite go up 40 ft. When released the sat on a tether would out 12.5 miles. The real one had thruster to move the satellite. This one will just go out. I hope to do via attachment and scaling of the tether. The sat will be a vessel attached to the tether. Then the antenna boom can be extended
 

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Thanks. I will look at that.
I noticed the Eureca has 2 gold bars one on each side.
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I added another arm. They look like they extend to the front. But on one side there is structure that would block that?
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Not sure about the bottom of the panels they look yellow?
 

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So this is the payload bay door issue:
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the proc is 1.00 so the door should be open?

Redid the mpess. So now we get STS57 with redone Euceka solar panels
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and sts 46 setup.
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STS46. I can seem to get the Tether mfd to work. The TSS is attached to the boom so that it can move up and down. I may need to make another child attachment so the tether can attach and then release the TSS
 
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I wanted to point out that TSS package sits on the pallet (like on STS-51A satellite retrieval and some other missions). It is obscured, but some parts can be seen underneath.
 

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Thanks. Yes it is on a pallet. But it is covered except for the top piece. Should it be different?

I see. so the pallet front should be seen and not covered?
 
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