[1.3.x] CONTARES 1.8.9 closed

[hraban]

Btw: Contares 1.8.4 'Memories of the red star' is released. Downloads via SpaceDock or Link in the OP via DropBox. Have Fun!

[Beale]

9 hours ago, hraban said:

The main difference between Tantares and Contares is already to be found in the approach. All Contares parts are built as close as possible to a 50% scale. This allows a direct comparison of the carrier rockets and spacecraft. Carrier rockets correspond to the length 50% of the original and deviate in diameter between 0% and a maximum of 12.3% (ALIYANA 5/6).

16 hours ago, Spike88 said:

I'm assuming that your Mir and @Beale's Mir overlap? I.e. they have the same parts, just your respective version? 

Tantares is built around ~64% scale 1:1 scale (With a little bit of fudge for friendly sizes) - I didn't know Contares rockets were cut in half 50%, they are probably therefore less overpowered.

 

 

[hraban]

1 hour ago, Beale said:

Tantares is built around ~64% scale 1:1 scale (With a little bit of fudge for friendly sizes) - I didn't know Contares rockets were cut in half 50%, they are probably therefore less overpowered.

Hmm, since the first Contares launcher is released, the scale factor is 50%. If you do not notice that since November 2015, nothing surprised me more 

[Beale]

9 minutes ago, hraban said:

Hmm, since the first Contares launcher is released, the scale factor is 50%. If you do not notice that since November 2015, nothing surprised me more 

To be honest, I've only used the very nice spaceplanes. 

Edited March 28, 2017 by Beale

[hraban]

36 minutes ago, Beale said:

To be honest, I've only used the very nice spaceplanes. 

The spaceplanes are also 50% scale and all is good. Have fun!

[Spike88]

Edit: Whoops, didn't realize there were replies before I posted again.

Edited March 28, 2017 by Spike88

[hraban]

Contares begins with the construction of a "new" space station based on C-MiR and C-TKS parts. Located on 51.5° inclination with an apoapsis of 260 km and a periapsis of 245 km. The core of the station is built and a TKS space ship docked at the core.
Solar Panels still originate from SSTULabs. The Airlock system is new and will be delivered with the next update.

Spoiler

 

 

 

Edited March 31, 2017 by hraban

[hraban]

What is planned and what is on the workbench.

Detail view of the Airlock module, PROGRESS control and storage module, Orbital Module for UNION (Soyuz) with .9375 front hatch.

[hraban]

Hello community, how about a second intelligent and space-faring species in KSP? The one here would have almost flown from the work table.

[Daniel Prates]

1 hour ago, hraban said:

Hello community, how about a second intelligent and space-faring species in KSP? The one here would have almost flown from the work table.

A relative of kodos and kang?

 

Pla clarify me something. The soyuz and almaz vehicle parts i saw in the last pages are from the tantares mod?

Edited April 1, 2017 by Daniel Prates

[hraban]

29 minutes ago, Daniel Prates said:

A relative of kodos and kang?

Pla clarify me something. The soyuz and almaz vehicle parts i saw in the last pages are from the tantares mod?

kodos and kang? No!

The soyuz and almaz vehicle parts on the last pages are from Contares.

[Aerospacer]

2 hours ago, hraban said:

Hello community, how about a second intelligent and space-faring species in KSP?

Excellent basis for easter egg... appearing somewhere far from Kerbin.

(P.S. not a joke)

Edited April 1, 2017 by Aerospacer

[Daniel Prates]

1 hour ago, hraban said:

kodos and kang? No!

The soyuz and almaz vehicle parts on the last pages are from Contares.

Cool! I love soviet-a-like parts. Its redoundant to have contares and tantares simultaneously then?

[hraban]

1 hour ago, Daniel Prates said:

Cool! I love soviet-a-like parts. Its redoundant to have contares and tantares simultaneously then?

With the restart of Tantares there are no official touch points. Thus the addition "with addons for Tantares" is disappeared from the title of Contares. Useful and nice to look are both mods. Beale's has the more beautiful solar panel's ... yet 

2 hours ago, Aerospacer said:

Excellent basis for easter egg... appearing somewhere far from Kerbin.

(P.S. not a joke)

With next update of Contares examine the very low orbit of Jool

 

[Daniel Prates]

23 minutes ago, hraban said:

With the restart of Tantares there are no official touch points. Thus the addition "with addons for Tantares" is disappeared from the title of Contares. Useful and nice to look are both mods. Beale's has the more beautiful solar panel's ... 

Ok, will try them simultaneously and see!

[hraban]

Flight #12: New UNION-KM with CIDAS port launch to C-MiR-2. Flight #12 transports 3 Kerbals to the station. Now 12 Kerbals orbiting Kerbin.

Spoiler

 

 

Edited April 1, 2017 by hraban

[hraban]

PRO(GRESS):

[hraban]

From the Workbench:

Rounded adapter for all UNION PRO(GRESS) parts to fit different Docking Ports.

New 0.9375m CPTK male/female docking Port.

[hraban]

more from the workbench:

Higgs is the first Contares Ø 5m heavy launcher. The launcher has no real counterpart. The basic idea is the using of a cluster of liquid methane/LOX engines like RD-0162 (RK-Z-0162 from FENIKS) in the first stage and a LH2/LOX cluster of 3 engines in the second stage.

The target: Launch heavy parts up to 130 tonns or light but very bulky parts.

 

New Version of BIG-Soyuz as emergency return system

 

And here a draft of POLJUS styled space station. The question is: " Is this really needed?"

 

Well, what do you think?

[Beale]

1 hour ago, hraban said:

And here a draft of POLJUS styled space station. The question is: " Is this really needed?"

 

Well, what do you think?

Damn, you are fast!

We are still at the sketch stages  

[hraban]

34 minutes ago, Beale said:

Damn, you are fast!

We are still at the sketch stages  

It is not so wrong. I was closer to the mouse than the sketchpad.   It is hard to get really reliable data about POLJUS. Where are the professionals?

Edited April 5, 2017 by hraban

[Beale]

7 minutes ago, hraban said:

It is not so wrong. I was closer to the mouse than the sketchpad.   It is hard to get really reliable data about POLJUS. Where are the professionals?

Good images here of the finer details.

Most interesting part, served as experimental base for the 90 ton Mir-2 modules.

Edited April 5, 2017 by Beale

[hraban]

18 minutes ago, Beale said:

Good images here of the finer details.

Thanks!

[hraban]

From the sketchboard:

Parts for the construction of 90 ton space station modules inspired by various pictures of different origins.

[CobaltWolf]

What pictures?

EDIT: NVM just saw that Beale linked them above...

EDIT2: Wait no that's just Polyus stuff.

Edited April 6, 2017 by CobaltWolf