The work has slowed down in these days; meanwhile I want to summarize the modules produced until now.
Starlab
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- Core station.
- Self-sustained and full capable of orbital solo operations, including auto-reboost maneuvres.
- Capable of BLEO operations (with an additional propulsion module).
- Facilities: Main workshop; crew quarters with meeting room, gym, restroom; logistic/storage area; shelter/sleep module; 2x observation modules; EVA airlock; samples airlock; unpressurized science module with a 1.3 meters IR telescope, a visible light camera, a microwave radiometer, a solar occultation Fourier transform spectrometer.
- Docking ports: 3.
- Solar panels: two-sided, total 648 square meters.
- Pressurized volume: 755 cubic metres.
- Free volume: about 380 cubic metres.
- Onboard propellant: 25,000 kg (N2O4/MMH)
- Anti radiation shelter: 50,000 kg (H2O)
- Derived from: Quasar 452 upper stage.
- Launcher: Quasar 452.
- Total in-orbit weight: 178,633 kg.
Challenger
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- Multipurpose expansion module.
- Self-sustained and capable of orbital solo operations.
- Facilities: Main workshop; logistic/storage area.
- Docking ports: 4.
- Solar panels: two-sided for 266 square meters; single-sided for 22 square meters; total 288 square meters.
- Pressurized volume: 313 cubic metres.
- Free volume: about 140 cubic metres.
- Onboard propellant: 5,000 kg (N2O4/MMH)
- Derived from: HES-5 rocket stage (Jarvis M upper stage).
- Launcher: Jarvis E.
- Total in-orbit weight: 50,434 kg.
Starchaser
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- Scientific laboratory.
- Partially self-sustained; not capable of orbital solo operations.
- Facilities: Main workshop; samples airlock; exposed facility with canadarm (to be launched separately).
- Docking ports: 1.
- Solar panels: two-sided, 88 square meters.
- Pressurized volume: 144 cubic metres.
- Free volume: about 82 cubic metres.
- Onboard propellant: no.
- Derived from: Neptune-1B upper stage (LH2 tank only).
- Launcher: Jarvis L (Quasar 220/Eridanus for the exposed facility).
- Total in-orbit weight: 17,641 kg (About 24,000 kg with the exposed facility).
Greenhouse
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- Hydroponic facility.
- Not self-sustained; not capable of solo operations.
- Facilities: hydroponics; Earth observation area.
- Docking ports: 1.
- Solar panels: no.
- Pressurized volume: 144 cubic metres.
- Free volume: about 76 cubic metres.
- Onboard propellant: no.
- Derived from: Neptune-1B upper stage (LH2 tank only).
- Launcher: Jarvis L.
- Total in-orbit weight: 15,992 kg.
BLEO Propulsion Module
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- Propulsion module.
- Docking rings: 2.
- Onboard propellant: 205,000 kg (LOX/LH2)
- Main engine: one J-2X
- Derived from: Quasar 452 upper stage.
- Launcher: Quasar 452.
- Total in-orbit weight: TBD