The Completely Sensable Satellite Thread

[Astrobug]

Hi all!

Given the sandbox nature of the game, and the resulting "uselessness" of most satellites (mods notwithstanding), I would be greatly interested in seeing just what it is that some of you folks launch into space. So what all do you guys have? Communications? Spy satellites? Monolithic monuments for future races to stumble upon?

One of my more recent designs here

[Felsmak]

One of my more recent designs here

-snip-

Why? Just... why?

[Deadpangod3]

So Jeb can't use them in a monster truck and run into the VAB

[Jarod645]

Here's the first satellite I successfully launched into space, the Mercury 2. Nothing special, just some communitrons and some solar panels, as well as some RCS thrusters for any small orbital maneuvers.

[ShachonianX]

Here is my first satellite, launched on a Venus MkII rocket.

It is currently in LKO.

[M5000]

Astrobug creates a thread about "Completely Sensible Satellites"

Astrobug proceeds to post this:

My mind is full of what.

[KAO]

looks like something to test presence of centrifugal force in the stock wheels

[Jarod645]

What with the title contradicting with the initial picture, I think it's fair to say that the thread can go two ways from here:

1. We post sensible satalites, to show Astrobug what we've put in space, per his request.

2. We post rediculous satalites, in conjunction with the crazy satalite that Astrobug posted.

The question is, which way do we go?

[Daze]

The second for sure.

[Temstar]

My new radio interferometer/deep space comsat/doomsday weapon

[Guest]

[Giggleplex777]

New Horizons:

And I did it with a legit Atlas V 551:

[katateochi]

*snip*

One of my more recent designs here

hmmm, I can see that must be a wheely useful satellite (shoot me now).

*snip*

My new radio interferometer/deep space comsat/doomsday weapon

That's really cool.

Here are my remoteTech communications sats (was it ok to post sats with mods?)

several of these in LKO

two of these further out

And this long range relay which I recently assembled in orbit, took it up in parts in a SSTO which was more the point of the mission than actually using it for anything.

Its not done yet, no idea what else I'm going to bolt to it next, maybe a wheel or two.

(these are actually sensible, sorry)

[Krizzen]

I think I overdid myself:

A three part ISA MapSat mapper! I just want to say, ISA MapSat has breathed new life into the game. Using the mapping satellites to discover anomalies gives a real meaning to landers and rovers. Awesome stuff.

(Launched with my first KW Rocketry rocket. Here it is with half the fairing removed.. The KW parts are nice to reduce part count, but feel a bit too different from stock parts. However, the fairings are really, really awesome!)

Edited May 7, 2013 by Krizzen

[Supernovy]

These are the standard satellites in

this constellation.

Although it seems some of them are missing their batteries. I never noticed that until now.

[cxg2827]

here is a viking look-alike probe i just threw together

my mapsat probe Mk1 - Kerbin

MapSat Probe Mk4 - Duna (the engine is from the Hermes Deep Space Probe mod)