RemoteTech Relay Network DSN Station

[maro]

Hello Folks

In order not do fill up my orbits with further comsats i developed a DSN Network Antenna Array Lander/Station for Kerbin for the RemoteTech Relay Network plugin.

General idea behind is something like a copy of the Deep Space Network of planet Earth.

To support missions far away from Kerbin a reliable communication system has to be set up.

This Rocket has an upper stage with 13 sat dishes - 7 of the 500mio. km class and 6 of the 50.000km class and a omnidirectional 5000km antenna as also fuel, retro/landing engine, stabilisation brake/parachute and landing struts.

There are also reserves to add some stuff like Mechjeb and solar panels if you like.

Will probably also work on Mun and Minmus - but not tested right now.

Rocket itself has six liquid boosters jettison three times two after liftoff, a center stage that moves you out of atmosphere and a transfer stage that will orbit and deorbit Kerbin as and probably transfer to Mun and Minmus.

Beside of KSPs Tracking Station i decided to place on of each at 0° 0' 0 / 46° 34' 0 E and 0° 0' 0 / 178° 55' 0 E

Staging

9 - liftoff

8- boosters 1&2 drop

7 - boosters 3&4 drop

6 - boosters 5&6 drop

5 - center stage drop

4 - fire transfer stage engine

3 - drop transfer stage

2 - fire retro/landing engines

1 - release brake/parachute

0 - (landing struts put in her for manual pre landing activation!)

[morpheus2n2]

I love this but am having massive trouble getting it to land safely anywhere do you by chance have the save file or can you make a save with a small DSN network in place, getting satellites in to orbit is not working to well as there needs to be a dsn on the ground

[Tommygun]

I can see the utility in this.

You don't have to worry about satellites drifting out of range as much.

I don't have the RemoteTech Relay Network plugin yet, but will give it a try when I do.

[maro]

I love this but am having massive trouble getting it to land safely anywhere do you by chance have the save file or can you make a save with a small DSN network in place, getting satellites in to orbit is not working to well as there needs to be a dsn on the ground

In order to start a DSN network you have to launch comsats, at least a few.

the smartest way is to put three in kerbostationary orbit 2.868,4kmx2868,4km in a perfect triangle formation.

place the first somewhere over the KSC, then placing nr 2 and 3 is easyer.

but you can also put a few more - lets say eight equaly separated - in a 100kmx100km orbit.

next step are the ground stations

i have so much plugins im sure it wont work for you.

but try mechjeb - had no problem to land this with mechjeb.

[Tommygun]

Hi, I have been using this station and it works well in orbit, but tricky when landing.

It really wants to tumble, but I'm not a great pilot.

I did run into one issue. Not counting the strap on boosters, the second middle stage drains the fuel from the upper landing stage, preventing landing.

I think it was because the engines are so close to the middle stage it confuses the software into thinking those landing engines are part of the second stage.

I replaced the regular decoupler with this longer one and the issue went away.

Also I was thinking in addition to the three at the equator, would two at the North and South Poles be useful when we get multiple planets and deep space missions?

[morpheus2n2]

In order to start a DSN network you have to launch comsats, at least a few.

the smartest way is to put three in kerbostationary orbit 2.868,4kmx2868,4km in a perfect triangle formation.

place the first somewhere over the KSC, then placing nr 2 and 3 is easyer.

but you can also put a few more - lets say eight equaly separated - in a 100kmx100km orbit.

next step are the ground stations

i have so much plugins im sure it wont work for you.

but try mechjeb - had no problem to land this with mechjeb.

Cool Thanks I finally got it sorted I got 4 sats in orbit at 5k in veering orbits I then landed the DSN on Minmus and used your idea and made a Hi-Gain power sat thats in a 10k orbit then seems to have line of site for at least 2 sats at anyone time, the Main reason I put the DSN on minmus is for when the mew planets are add AS i Have a small "Explorer" sat that's on course to leave the suns orbit so this will be my version on the Voyager crafts that Nasa has

I must say this add-on has been a fantastic help not I have it working just wish I could get the obits working better lol there more a random placement.