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Or it could be measured as height with a docking probe.

Since I'm convinced that refferring to russian (or any) Wikipedia is not a gentelman's way, here: Progress and Progress-M

But... I've got two (p.s. more like four aldeady) sources telling that the early Progress was like 7,48 meters tall. It's probably the early Soyuz was that tall due to that big docking port.

@DJ Reonic @Beale Picture delivery

Just what do you think they will use as a background music...

Now that's the info it's gonna be hard to find. ... I couldn't get my hands on any photos of Soyuz-T from rear, but I suppose you are right - apparently it had a new all-directional antenna installed, the one used later with Kurs system. One thing I'm shure with though - Soyuz-TM definitely don't have any)

Igla docking system was in use until Soyuz-TM-2 flight to young Mir station in 1986. Even Kvant-1 had some

Some good ol' Tantares Salyut-7

Any plans on miscellaneous parts like infrared vertical and solar sensors, external gyrodynes, periscopes and antennas like Igla and base block folding dish? Some small personal touches that make these empty cans home. And some great photos of Mir complex as of year 1990 config from Space Museum of Toulouse, which I've had suddenly ran across during my daily googling

Did a bit of googling, and look what a nice stuff I've found. A Salyut-based Kascad missle system with ten anti-satellite missles. A missle is basicly a pack of engines plus warhead. The station itself can be docked with for refueling and visiting by the crew of two for up to 7 days. Or it can be repurposed (as always) as a multiple nano-satellite or probe launcher for scientific study of some planets orbit, atmosphere and ground. There is enough stuff to release a pack of military vehicles someday - with Almaz, Soyuz-VI, Kaskad and something.

No-no, told you it's Ok, just a different way of seeing things by people abroad. Feels refreshing) The docking module is truly american, though, and for other two - they can be called "american modules" for simplicity, I suppose. Speaking of wich... is there a way to have an early version of Spectre module with two anti-missles?

Wow, that's some strange feeling I've got reading this. It's Ok, just used to think about Mir as an one and only national multi-module space station. (Warning. Some things' names may differ depending on a country you are currently in)

I'd vote for both too. Of course, it means double the work, but alongside with that - double the variety. These nice screenshots by @Mechtech above show us that not only the Mir station can be built with Tantares parts.

There's no good in bringing in some disorder, but..:

Now that's the best update note I've ever seen. Surprises included.

Kurs docking system has a target detection range up to 400 km in narrow 7 degree sector in front of the ship, but usually ISS is locked at 180-200 km. Spherical detection radius is 50 km in case the spaceships were not aligned properly. I can't really get what's the meaning of "parking", but after locking on target the Soyuz ship is usually closing up to ISS until the distance reaches 400 meters, then performs a fly-around near the station to align with a targeted docking port and then the final closing up is done.

Some good references and texts are still in russian only, so it's way better to know the stuff

Got it. ... a-and just tell me if you'll ever need anything

The Reflector experiment (that's the name, Beale ) was held in 1999 by Energia corp. It's goals were: proving of a new type of design of a large unfolding antenna, it's unfolding mechanism; evaluation of both process and result of stretching the metal netcloth, and the net integrity after it; stability and stiffness of antenna device and it's ability to take and keep the pre-constructed shape. It's unfolding was a bit tricky but sucessful, and after the experiment was done the reflector was detached from the truss and pushed away: Ellipse shape, 6,4 x 5,2 meters fully deployed P.S. This "three-layer" mount looks kinda werid due to it's height, maybe a thinner version worth trying?

Would a single deployable part allow us to attach things like this when deployed? If no - I vote for a set of generic truss parts)

Some probably useful pics then:

Folded Mir base block solar panels: I have literally no idea of how this thing is working, but I suppose @InsaneDruid is right)

Good info, but these things leave me confused: 1) There was no intention to fit in a rear docking port on first stations, so it'll be more accurate to say that the late Salyuts had this port alongside with some new engine and life support systems instead of old Soyuz' SC. A-and, there was never a station "with the new rear docking ring but still sojuz solar arrays" - on the contrary it was new solar panels and old SC on Salyut-4 2) This module is called FGB, or Zarya - not "late TKS". The base of all these looking alike TKS-Mir-ISS conic-bottomed modules (excluding Kvant-1) is called "heavy multi-purpose platform". This platform was widely used for modification - as a TKS ship with addition of VA capsule, as a space tug for engineless Kvant-1 module, as a base for four Mir orbital complex (the word "station" is for dull people only ) specialised modules, and as ISS Zarya module. If the specific module is used just for providing some usable space, control, throttle and power supply, and not in role of some specialised module like Kvant-2, Kristall, Spektr or Priroda - it's called FGB, wich is russian for "functional and cargo block".

Who-o-oah! Is it really what I think it is? It can't get any better)

Not just "should be", it actually was 11 tons, so u are correct (and 22,8 with FGB tug on launch). Now this new solar panel is one of few things I was terribly missing when building my Mir complex using old Tantares parts. Mr. Bready just have made me happier then ever