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    [1.12.X] Tantares - Stockalike Soyuz and MIR [16.1][28.05.2024][{Proton Revamp]

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    10 hours ago, biohazard15 said:

    Soyuz 1 + Soyuz 2 (Baikonur)

     

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    Launched at 23 April 1967, this ill-fated mission was meant to test new Soyuz 7K-OK spacecraft, with a single cosmonaut - Vladimir Komarov - onboard. But fortunately, I'm not replicating that.

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    Instead, I'll proceed with original mission plans: launch Soyuz 1, then launch unmanned Soyuz 2, perform a crew transfer and land crew on Soyuz 2.

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    Man, these gantries are slow. You can also note a slightly bulbous fairing: this is done in order to protect solar panels - "straight" fairing tend to break them.

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    Поехали!

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    Introducing KSRSS 0.7, with its updated Earth surface! This is, obviously, the Aral Sea - or what's left of it after USSR diverted Amu Darya and Syr Darya - the rivers which fed it with water - to irrigation. KSRSS uses its looks from around 2000 - Ostrov Vozrozhdeniya is not island anymore, but parts of southern basin are still there.

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    Not quite sure what it is - Lake Balkhash, probably?

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    Not quite a Korolev Cross, due to rocket being slightly off prograde during boosters separation.

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    Jettisoning LES and fairing (LES flew away too fast to be captured on screenshot, LOL!)

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    Firing the 3rd stage.

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    And we're in orbit! Don't pay attention to logos, please - I always forget to change the flags (or more likely, don't care).

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    Nex day - Soyuz 2 launch.

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    Identical to Soyuz 1, except the docking port - passive instead of active.

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    All orbital maneuvers are performed by Soyuz 2 - so in case of any malfunction the cosmonaut would still have Soyuz 1 full of fuel and life support.

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    Rendezvous. Can you see Soyuz 1?

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    Close contact.

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    Soyuz 1 moves to dock with Soyuz 2.

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    Docking completed!

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    7K-OK's docking port lacked crew transfer tunnel, which meant cosmonauts had to perform spacewalk to get from one vehicle to another.

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    Undocking.

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    Moving to a safe distance from Soyuz 1 before deorbit maneuvers.

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    Performing the deorbit burn.

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    Jettisoning the SM...

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    ...and the OM.

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    Re-entering somewhere over Turkey.

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    Reentry in progress, now over USSR.

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    Deploying the chutes. Fingers crossed!

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    Spruce trees - yep, we're definitely back home!

     

     

    How did you get  rss  visual  enchancments ?

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