STS Payloads for Fleet V4.8 now available

[David413]

This is the initial release of the Expansion package for the Shuttle Fleet V4.8 that provides some functionality with the older STS_Payloads add-on by "Gazza". Please read the setup PDF document located in the Add-on Docs directory for setup and usage of this package. With the release of this package I have also re-incorporated the AutoFCS that was available under Orbiter 2006. I have included a copy of the information previously posted on the Orbiter Forum board for how to get AutoFCS working under Orbiter 2010. I have also included some additional models and scenarios for shuttle payloads using models previously released on the Celestria website. Finally, I have included some scanned pages from the Proximity Operations handbook written by Jim Oberg in 1988. This document provides the basis for the actual deployment of many of the satellites during the 1980´s by the Space Shuttle and will provide you with the necessary information to properly release the satellites.

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[SolarLiner]

Great job, nice add-on, David !

[Profil supprimé]

I love your works David. I'm happy for each new release. I'm fan of your shuttle.

[Marg]

Yeah, hooray!
Thanks, David.

[David413]

Glad everybody likes this new package.  I'm currently working on a tribute package for Challenger where mission STS-51L actually made it to orbit and carried out the tasks it was assigned.  I hope to have it and the documentation finished in the next few days; watch for it.

Dave

[Starshipexplorer]

Thanks David

[Marg]

i have two observations:
1) shuttle payload bay doors, when opened, are a bit off, right-side door sinks into mesh, but left-side is just some small distance away, so their rotation coordinates probably are some ~ 0.1m off (X coordinate).
2) i think there was at least one shuttle flight, when there were 3 satellites with PAM-D in bay...

everything else looks OK.



Post Edited ( 08-05-12 11:28 )

[David413]

Thanks for the feedback; I can live with these issues for now and have no time to correct the payload bay door issue.  As to three PAMS, I can live without them.

Thanks again,
Dave

[Maxorbiter]

Cool, other Fleets