Assembling the ISS

[Fireproof]

I am planning on assembling the ISS from Zarya to ExPRESS Logistics Carrier, and i wanted to know is there any MFDs that would help me with; the assembling, snyc with the pieces, and all the othere stuff?
so any help?

i just remember i need the following pieces; Unity, Z1 truss, ESP, S0 Truss, S1 Truss, P1 Truss, P5 Truss, Multi-Purpose Logistics Module, Mini-Research Module 1, and EXPRESS Logistics Carriers 3 & 4. So if anyone knows where or if these pieces are at please tell me.

 

[Woo482]

well the main things to use are dock MFD Orbit MFD and Map MFD

 

[Fireproof]

thank you for your quick reply.

 

[Woo482]

and you should be able to find most of the parts for the ISS on Orbit Hangar and this site http://orbiter.mustard-fr.com/addons/addons.html has some

 

[Fireproof]

yup.

Is the Pulsar V2 piece based off of a real ISS piece?



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Here is Zarya, not in the right orbit yet.

 

[Woo482]

cool

 

[Fireproof]

how can i get it to a 400 km orbit


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hope this helps
Zarya-J:spacecraft\spacecraft3
STATUS Orbiting Earth
RPOS -3246266.56 19773.36 -6152710.95
RVEL 6616.017 135.472 -3314.313
AROT 62.41 47.64 -38.08
VROT -0.56 0.00 0.04
PRPLEVEL 0:0.852
NAVFREQ 0 0
RCS 1
CTRL_SURFACE 1
CONFIGURATION 1
CURRENT_PAYLOAD 0
SEQ 0 2 0.998133

 

[garyw]

Use it's thrusters or use a progress to help raise the orbit.

If you want to change it directly in the scenario file then use the built-in scenario editor.

Of course, the best option is to place it in the correct orbit to being with.

 

[Fireproof]

i am at around a 500 to 600 km orbit but in real life Zarya is in a 400 km orbit.
plus i dont know how to change the orbit.

 

[garyw]

Read the manual. You might want to try something simple like the tutorials before trying something more complex like building the ISS.

In real life the ISS is at about 350KM.

 

[Fireproof]

but look it
Zarya was launched on a Russian Proton rocket from LC-81/23, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, on November 20, 1998 to a 400 km (250 statute mile) high orbit, with a designed lifetime of at least 15 years. After Zarya reached orbit, STS-88 launched on December 4, 1998 to attach the Unity Module.
from wikipedia
so i am trying to get Zarya not the ISS to a 400 km orbit

 

[Woo482]

if you are building a station its best to keep it at the altitude you want it at and not launch it higher than the hight you want

 

[Fireproof]

how do i change it to the orbit i want i just crashed into earth for some reason

 

[Woo482]

you can change it with the editor

 

[Fireproof]

i know that but how

 

[James.Denholm]

Or, thrust in the appropriate direction, as specified in Go Play In Space.

 

[TSPenguin]

How about you learn what an orbit is first? Then you would know how to prevent crashing into planets.
Reading the orbiter manual will also explain the use of the scenario editor.

 

[Fireproof]

i am reading it now but what is weird it that most of the time that i crash into planets i know why i crashed but this time i went from 500 something km's to ground level in less than 1 minute

 

[TSPenguin]

Looking at the OrbitMFD would be helpfull...

 

[garyw]

TSPenguin is correct. You need to learn the basics first and not try things like IMFD and station building until you can get into a stable orbit.

Do that and then you can try more ambitious things like docking.

Get that right a few times and you are ready to try station building. Getting to building a station took me 2.5 YEARS of messing around with orbiter and I'm still learning. There is a steep learning curve.

Another thing that would help is reading and understanding the manual. Don't ask the sort of questions you have been asking. No one is going to play orbiter for you.