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Dove Cubesat + Cubesat deployer currently mounted on ISS mod?


Jackaroo0505

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Hello, I recently found about Dove Cubesat (rectangular ones) and the Cubesat deployer currently on the ISS. I was wondering if anyone could make a mod of this please?  Or tell me if one already exists for 1.3? Thanks!

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Notantares Space Industries. It's in my signature.

You could achieve the same effect by attaching some small solar panels to one of the tiny probe cores, and adding a bunch, plus a decoupler, to your module. Then you just decouple your mini-satellites. No mods needed!

The Infernal Robotics mod has robotic arms, so you could attach stock decoupler with satellites to that.

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@NISSKEPCSIM Yeah, but how would I fit it in the deployer? also what about the camera? Also there's the camera lens (there isn't one that will fit, have the same shape, and act like the stock camera) to worry about, the solar panels tracking when they should be fixed, and the shape of the solar panels. Surely it won't take long for you to make it, right? At least the satellite right?

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There are tiny, radially-mounted, non-tracking solar panels too.

For the deployer - that's just not very easily done. You could use a Mk2 or a Mk3 cargo bay on the top of an Infernal Robotics arm, but only the Mk2 one would be reasonably sized - and even then you would only be able to fit 2 or 3 cubesats in there.

Raster Prop Monitor has a camera lens, but do you really need one? You're in a third-person-view anyway.

Also, a satellite does take a long time to make - it's easier said than done.

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Tiny probe, scientific instrument as you like, some batteries, rectangular structural part with surface attached solar panel (to cover the sides), tiny non tracking solar panel or stock 2x3 ones (if you have no mods) = the little DOVE???

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Uhm... I'm not sure about how they store/deploy it but:
- Mk2 cargobay (like adviced)???
- service bay???
... if modded:
- any mk1 (the cilinder 1.25m one) cargobay (There were a bunch around)???
- a robotic arm made with Infernal Robotics???

 

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