Asteroid Day: Kerbal Space Program’s Second Official Mod!

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Introducing Kerbal Space Program’s second official mod: Asteroid Day! We’ve

partnered with the B612 Foundation to bring you this mod which will give you

four new parts, a new experiment, and a unique contract.

The Sentinel Infrared Telescope mimics the real world Sentinel mission being

planned by the B612 Foundation, which plans to map 90% of the larger

asteroids threatening Earth’s orbit sometime between 2018 and 2024. Due to

sun glare it is difficult for telescopes on Earth to observe objects passing on

the planet’s day side. Deploying a telescope into a solar orbit near Venus and

facing it away from the Sun, back towards Earth’s orbit, would cover that blind

spot.

Your mission will be to recreate this mission profile in Kerbal Space Program,

deploying a telescope around Eve’s orbit. When deployed with an antenna and a

power source between Eve and Kerbin, aligned to face away from the Sun, and

activated, the telescope will begin to map the orbit of the outer planet in a 200°

vision cone for passing asteroids.

Other than the telescope itself, you will have three new parts to make your

unmanned missions more enjoyable:

• The HECS-2 Probe Core comes with integrated batteries and SAS, to make
  building a compact Sentinel probe much easier.
  
• The OX-STAT-XL Photovoltaic Panels are a much larger version of the stock
  solar panels, for larger probes.
  
• The HG-55 High Gain Antenna can transmit larger amounts of data than any
  of the existing antennae in the game.
  

This pack also includes a long-term contract to map asteroids around Kerbin as

well as other planets that match various specifications. It differs from other

contracts in that it encourages the use of existing infrastructure. It does not

require a new vessel for each contract, and each scan is faster with more

telescopes deployed.

Get it now at Curse!

Edited June 30, 2015 by KasperVld