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Амина Although I've done this already, I've decided to do a new original Mir-inspired station for a story. June 1984 A meeting leads to a consideration of a space station, Sure, they had Salyut, but they needed something better. Salyut stations were becoming old, and most had become catastrophic failures. They had even lost Salyut 7 a few weeks prior to the meeting, so it wasn't helping the situation. August 1984 Another meeting is held, however this time its about a new space station. Do they do another singular launch station? Or do they do something better? One of the members in the meeting thinks for a minute, and then comes up with an idea. "How about we build a modular space station? We launch modules and then we assemble them in orbit over a certain period of time." The room goes quiet, before the meeting leader decides to think about it. "That isn't a bad idea. I'll take that into consideration." A few hours later, the meeting ends. The idea begins to become a concept. December 1984 The first module begins construction. Its design has 5 ports on the front, and 1 port on the rear for Прогресс spacecraft to dock with it later. Its design, although simple, has enough sustainability for a crew for up to a month. April 1985 The first module has been finished. Its life support systems include basic water filtering, oxygen filters which rely on a small amount of water. It had a gyroscope for easy stabilisation, RCS thrusters, 2 small fuel tanks, and a backup generator in case of any inboard electrical failures. It begins to be loaded onto a Протон-К rocket, and within 2 days its ready to be launched. April 22nd, 1985 The Протон rocket is in its final seconds up into launch, 3, 2, 1! It begins its ascent into the atmosphere, planned to be put into an orbit of ~105km. It will be boosted later to an orbit of ~115km. First stage separation, second stage engines lit. Fairing separation a few seconds after the second stage is lit. A few minutes later, the second stage separates and the third stage is lit. A few seconds later, the third stage is disconnected. The core module is now in orbit. The module experiences no issues during deployment. Its antennas, systems, radiators and solar panels deploy.

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First station was I published, it's "Mir" Base module Kvant-1 Kvant-2 Kristall Priroda Spectr Mir Other station: Russian/USSR: Almaz-1B Almaz-T Almaz RKK-A Almaz RKK-B Mir Mir-2 (2 sick variant) TKS(FGB) OPSEK Salyut-1 Salyut-4 Salyut-7 American: Skylab-CSM Chinese: Tiangong 1 Tiangong 2 Tiangong 3

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Today We commemorate the 30th anniversary of the MIR Core being launched into its orbit. Please leave your messages below and ill read them with a cup of tea and a smile on this wonderful day!

Hi ! I`ve build myself a new space station, first for a really long time. It does nothing special, just orbits. It`s supposed to be a replica, is it good ? You decide MODS : - Tweakscale - Infernal Robotics (hinge for the antenna on Priroda module) - AIES (2 antennas) - Dmagic Orbital Science - Near Future Solar