High Altitude International Space Station (HAISS)

[RangerPL]

"Oh no not another space station"
Well, this is a space station that I'm building, and I will be posting updates on the progress of it. The HAISS is a space station to be placed in a circular orbit with a periapsis of ~1000km.

The mission will be made up of components from Mustard's site and the Mir-2 pieces that Kulch made.

I will launch a mission every month or two (in-game time), but going by real-life time, I will do a mission when I feel like it

It will be constructed with use of the XR5, DGIV, Energia HLLV and possibly the Tx. It will be resupplied by the ATV and will receive crew changes by the DGIV, the CTV or the XR-5.

I'd like to thank the following people for making this possible:
-Joe "Piper" Morgan for inspiring me with his IOSS (http://ioss.ca/OldSite/index.html), and for making the space station module pack
-Yuri Kulchitsky for making the Energia HLLV, the Mir-2 components, the Tx and the DT. Also thanks for making the SRC space ports; they are now the new base for the GSA. Keep up the good work Yuri!
-Mustard for hosting so many awesome add-ons on his site and helping me resolve the problems with the Solaris panel.
-Doug Beachy and the rest of Altea Aerospace for making the XR-5 (stationbuilding made easy)
-Dan Steph for making the DGIV which will become the station's CEV (Crew Escape Vehicle) and will make crew flights
-Mr. Martin Schweiger for making Orbiter
-Countless other add-on developers who made modules that will be used in the station

Mission one: Core module launch (HAISS-ENG-01)
Launch Vehicle: Energia HLLV with DM-2 upper stage.

Payload: "Mir-2" Core module of the HAISS

Mission notes:
The Energia will lift the Core module into an orbit with an apsis of ~200km, the DM-2 tug will the finish the circularisation of the orbit and release the core.

The core will be boosted to a 1000x1000km orbit by the Titan SM's main engines, after the last Energia mission (HAISS-ENG-02)

Mission screenshots:

We are GO for launch


Engine ignition sequence start


T+0


Beginning of pitch program (viewed from rear-pointing camera)


Booster Jet


Payload Release


3rd stage ignition


Meanwhile ~500km to the west of SRC Space Polygon


SECO and 3d stage Jetisson


DM-2 Deorbit (to lower the amount of space garbage)


HAISS at the end of the mission


The mission scenario file will soon be released (i need to make some adjustments). I think that after finishing the station, I may upload all the scenarios to the Hangar as well.

 

[astrosammy]

Sounds cool!
I'm also building a space station now (can be seen on my profile page).

 

[RangerPL]

Grrr I was going to do a DGIV mission today, but all my attempts have failed so far...

Attempt 1: I didn't pay attention and died on the ascent.
Attempt 2: APU failure. I had to abort the launch.
Attempt 3: I was warping time to get to the intersect point faster, when BOOM. I re-enter. I was like "what the "

 

[Woo482]

wear is that space station pack on http://ioss.ca/OldSite/index.html that you wear talking about ?

 

[RangerPL]

Well not all of it is in this (so you'll have to ask Piper about it)

But here is a bunch of modules: [ame="http://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=2857"]Various Space Station Modules[/ame]

I'm going to ask him for the other ones.

 

[Piper]

Ya, unfortunately all the modules that I had made (including the anim8tor originals of the ones I released) were all lost when my laptop went kaput. The only thing I still have from it are the modules I already released, and an old Soyuz/Progress Docking Module in anim8tor.

However, I have started thinking about making some new ones again, and continuing my station from where I left off. I'm also thinking of designing and constructing a manned spaceship that would be built in orbit at the IOSS, and launched from there. However I'm currently busy with plenty of other projects, the IOSA, an Io Orbiter, and a new series of three Chapman probes, so neither of the manned projects are going to be started anytime soon.

And of course, good luck with your station RangerPL!

 

[Woo482]

ok then I only needed the pallets for the out side of the space station

 

[RangerPL]

Ya, unfortunately all the modules that I had made (including the anim8tor originals of the ones I released) were all lost when my laptop went kaput. The only thing I still have from it are the modules I already released, and an old Soyuz/Progress Docking Module in anim8tor.

However, I have started thinking about making some new ones again, and continuing my station from where I left off. I'm also thinking of designing and constructing a manned spaceship that would be built in orbit at the IOSS, and launched from there. However I'm currently busy with plenty of other projects, the IOSA, an Io Orbiter, and a new series of three Chapman probes, so neither of the manned projects are going to be started anytime soon.

And of course, good luck with your station RangerPL!

Thanks. It would be really cool if you did them again. They are really awesome

 

[Woo482]

did you say you lost the meshes from [ame="http://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=2857"]Various Space Station Modules[/ame] if you did I can get them for you

 

[RangerPL]

Ya, unfortunately all the modules that I had made (including the anim8tor originals of the ones I released) were all lost when my laptop went kaput. The only thing I still have from it are the modules I already released, and an old Soyuz/Progress Docking Module in anim8tor.

However, I have started thinking about making some new ones again, and continuing my station from where I left off. I'm also thinking of designing and constructing a manned spaceship that would be built in orbit at the IOSS, and launched from there. However I'm currently busy with plenty of other projects, the IOSA, an Io Orbiter, and a new series of three Chapman probes, so neither of the manned projects are going to be started anytime soon.

And of course, good luck with your station RangerPL!

Can I get the Soyuz/Progress docking module then? Or is it unusable.

And I have a new record: 4 botched missions in a row. 2 of them were aborted, 2 were fatal and now 2 DGIVs, 4 Americans and 2 Russians are Kaput I also considered an XR5 mission for launch #2, but it was cancelled just before takeoff.

A new mission plan has been put in place.
Today, mission #2 will be launched. This will be the second Energia launch and will carry the Titan Service Module to the station. The Titan's engines will then be fired for FOI (Final Orbit Injection) which will raise the station's Apsis to 1000km. It will then circularize the orbit

The next mission after that will be an XR5 launch, which will install the Cassiopee orbital lab and the PMA. This will be a rare short mission, which will not dock to the station.

 

[Woo482]

how did you Destroy you DGIV's ?
EDIT1: and the Soyuz/Progress docking module is in that pack I think > [ame="http://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=2857"]Various Space Station Modules[/ame]

 

[RangerPL]

Well, I had two launch aborts. Those are the DGIVs that were recovered. But as for the other ones, there was a screwup in orbit and they both deorbited themselves when I went to the bathroom.

 

[Genius]

I also built my space station lately, but with a twist.
It is to easy for me now to built one in earth orbit. So I decided to build one in Mars orbit. That is quite a challenge. I had to launch the parts with the XR5, using the Energia as a booster. It give the correct inclination when launched. After it travel to the correct heading, I hit the manaul button and wait dor the Energia to spend it 's fuel. Then I use the Vangaurd all the way to low earth orbit. IMFD is a useful tool to get to Mars, where I release the cargo, and went back to Earth to pick up the next bunch of parts.
BTW, did anybody tried to use autofcs with the XR5? I did, and it work like a bomb. But when it allign to the runway I disable autofcs and use the autoland feature of the XR5 to land.

 

[astrosammy]

BTW, did anybody tried to use autofcs with the XR5? I did, and it work like a bomb. But when it allign to the runway I disable autofcs and use the autoland feature of the XR5 to land.

:speakcool: I have to try out that.

 

[RangerPL]

Tomorrow will be the scheduled launch of the Cassiopee orbital lab via the Energia. A delta glider (most likely an XR1 due to all the DGIV crashes) will then dock it to the station. The Delta Glider (which will be known as DG-01) will then transfer two Astronauts to the HAISS. Immediately after, the Titan SM will be launched and will dock (by itself) to Docking Port 2 of the HAISS Core. It will then maneuver the station (with aid from the Cassiopee's RCS) and ignite its main engines to place the station into a roughly circular orbit of ~1000x1000km. Upon orbit circularisation, the Titan will maneuver the station so that the SM's engine bell is facing the sun. The station will then be locked by gravity-gradient torque, so that the future Solaris panels will be pointed at the Sun.

Tomorrow, I will also complete the final design to guide myself instead of making it up as I go along.

I hope Kulch finishes the Space Tankers soon though. I need something to refuel the Titan with.

 

[RangerPL]

Well, mission #2 has been completed successfully
But not exactly the way I described it.

Mission two: Cassiopee science @ control module launch (HAISS-ENG-02)
Launch Vehicle: Energia HLLV with Smerch upper stage

Payload: Cassiopee orbital lab/control modue of the HAISS

Mission notes:
The Energia lifted the stack to orbit, where the Smerch placed the Cassiopee at station-keeping near the HAISS. Docking required some interesting maneuvering, but it was completed and the solar panels of the Cassiopee deployed. It will serve as the prime RCS module for the station until the Titan SM arrives in the next mission. The first manned launch has been pushed back to HAISS-ENG-04

Mission screenshots:

T-5, Ignition sequence start


Liftoff!


Energia at throttleback:


Third Stage ignition


(no pictures taken of the rendezvous phase)

Cassiopee at station-keeping:


Docked:


Station at the end:

 

[Woo482]

cool

 

[RangerPL]

Sorry for the absence of missions, but I've been kind of busy lately.

Today, I hope to launch the Titan module. I'd also like to add that the Buran Space Shuttle system will soon join the XR5 and the DG in construction.

 

[eveningsky339]

Well, I had two launch aborts. Those are the DGIVs that were recovered. But as for the other ones, there was a screwup in orbit and they both deorbited themselves when I went to the bathroom.

That's not something you're going to see on NASA news...

 

[Arrowstar]

Wow, that must have been a bad insertion if they deorbited that quickly. Or were you using the waste disposal equipment for a long time?