(Updated for 1.0.2!) Portable Station - Instant self-deploying station, in a tewb! Kerb-a-DOOchous!

[problemecium]

The Portable Station has been overhauled for KSP 1.0.2!

PORTABLE SPACE STATION

What's better than a space station? A space station

! Kerb-a-DOOchous!!*

This is a fully functional space station core designed to fit within a Mk3 cargo bay (a length of at least one long bay plus one standard bay is required). This is both the most compact and the most feature-rich edition yet, including an ISRU refinery, six standard and junior docking ports, three jumbo docking ports, and reserves of LiquidFuel, Oxidizer, Monopropellant, and XenonGas.

Instructions via Imgur:

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Full feature list:

- ISRU refinery (Note: there is no ore storage on board, so a separate ore tanker should be used in conjunction, such as the Ore Bot available from Para-Sci Applied Sciences Division)

- Accommodations for up to six Kerbals

- Mobile Processing Lab

- Probe core for remote operation

- Nuclear engine providing approximately 800m/s of delta-V without using the reserve fuel, or up to approximately 1400m/s if the reserve is used and the oxidizer omitted (Note: the on-board propulsion should not be activated until the station has been unpacked to ensure full delta-V capability and, more importantly, to avoid damaging modules packed behind the engine!)

- Three jumbo docking ports

- Six standard docking ports

- Six junior docking ports

- LiquidFuel + Oxidizer reserve

- Monopropellant reserve

- XenonGas reserve

- Space Tug featuring Advanced Grabbing Unit to assist in assembly and in installation of additional modules.

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*Warning: Not actually Kerbadoochous. Well maybe a little.

Para-Sci Applied Sciences Division presents the Para-Sci Para-portable Para-station. Okay, it's actually just called the portable station.

PORTABLE SPACE STATION

A compact, (reasonably) lightweight station that can fit in a fairing or be attached to larger motherships. Included:

- all three sizes of docking port to accommodate everything from humongous fuel reservoirs to tiny escape pods and probes

- Science! lab and Hitchhiker container to provide a cushy and productive environment for the crew

- LV-N nuclear engines to enable self-deployment within planetary systems. The station can, for example, be towed to Jool on board a mothership and then park itself in orbit around Laythe.

- Wide-angle, low-intensity lights for self-illumination

How to use:

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DOWNLOAD!

Para-Sci Applied Sciences Division presents the Para-Sci Para-portable Para-station. Okay, it's actually just called the portable station.

PORTABLE SPACE STATION

A compact, (reasonably) lightweight station that can fit in a fairing or be attached to larger motherships. Included:

- all three sizes of docking port to accommodate everything from humongous fuel reservoirs to tiny escape pods and probes

- Science! lab and Hitchhiker container to provide a cushy and productive environment for the crew

- LV-N nuclear engines to enable self-deployment within planetary systems. The station can, for example, be towed to Jool on board a mothership and then park itself in orbit around Laythe.

- Wide-angle, low-intensity lights for self-illumination

How to use:

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DOWNLOAD!

Edited June 10, 2015 by parameciumkid
Updated for 1.0.2!

[Unholyundies]

sweet I have been wanting to build a single launch station to build in orbit will check this out and maybe make my own twist on it. Getting it to Duna would be awesome for a midway refuel on the way to jool

[jake9039]

I have a problem, how do I do it, it is just a text file

[Captain Sierra]

I have a problem, how do I do it, it is just a text file

Go into the 'Ships' folder for whatever save you want to put it in. Select VAB, SPH, or Subassemblies based on where you want it, paste. That simple.

[problemecium]

Since this thread got bumped, let it be hereby known that I have a new version built for 0.90 that I intend to post soon

[problemecium]

Bump because the aforementioned update for 0.90 is now posted and ready for download!

[problemecium]

Another bump in honor of the 1.0.2 edition of the station - both the most compact and the most feature-rich version yet!

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[StormKat]

Excellent work! Can't wait to try it.

[Rune]

It's always nice to package things inside a faring. Good job!

Rune. LEGO in space is always fun.

[problemecium]

Bump because I was stupid and forgot to post a download link in THIS thread xP

I fixed it now.

[xtoro]

Hah nice! Great minds think alike!

Before I got the big solar panels I needed a way to cluster the smaller ones to have enough juice to run the science lab.

Mine's a little different. The moving parts are not in a fairing or cargo bay (didn't have those yet either). But I went a different route:

Here's the entire thing ready for launch

And here's where I went a different route. Each solar panel array is its own probe with panels of course for power, and a bit of RCS to reorient themselves into position. They have 2 docking ports, and one of them is at a 90 degree angle:

So I detach and fly each piece individually using the probe's reaction wheel and RCS thrust, no tug ship. Then I end up with this:

I figured that if that wasn't enough power, I could just send up more and keep attaching them.

I could have probably just added 2 sets of 8x radial panels around the fuel tank, but what fun is that?

Edited June 10, 2015 by xtoro

[windows_x_seven]

OP

It looks... so nice...

I wonder if it will work in 64K...

Edited August 19, 2015 by windows_x_seven