(TW: Lag on weaker devices) STS-6 was the 1st mission of the orbiter Challenger. It was also the 1st Shuttle Mission to have a spacewalk. It has the 1st Inertial Upper Stage (then called Interim Upper Stage) on a Shuttle. The Inertial Upper Stage was a 2-stage upper stage that can deliver payloads to Geostationary Orbit and also to an interplanetary trajectory to some planets. For Geostationary Orbit, the 1st stage (Perigee Kick Motor Stage) would carry the payload to a Geostationary Transfer Orbit then the 2nd stage (Apogee Kick Motor Stage) would circulize the orbit to make a Geostationary Orbit. Then the payload is deployed. For Interplanetary ones, the 1st stage carries the payload to an elliptical orbit then the 2nd stage would take it to deep space. The payload on the upper stage was a TDRS Satellite called TDRS-A. A TDRS satellite relays data of satellites to ground stations. It can only relay, so it can't process the data it recieved. Also the letter changes to a number when in it's proper orbit (Example: TDRS-A to TDRS-1). The mission also had the 1st spacewalk in a shuttle but the 1st spacewalk was supposed to be in the previous mission, STS-5 but due to suit problems, the spacewalk was cancelled so this mission had the 1st spacewalk in a shuttle. This orbiter would explode 3 years after this mission at STS-51-L due to a problem with the O-rings of one of the boosters. It will also have an abort at STS-51-F.
Antenna credit to user called 2511827356
GENERAL INFO
- Predecessor: STS-51-F
- Successors 1 craft(s)
- Created On: Android
- Game Version: 0.9.914.0
- Price: $1,435,586k
- Number of Parts: 1897
- Dimensions: 125 m x 48 m x 46 m
PERFORMANCE
- Total Delta V: 70.0km/s
- Total Thrust: 9.9MN
- Engines: 32
- Wet Mass: 31,130kg
- Dry Mass: 1.48E+5kg
STAGES
Stage | Engines | Delta V | Thrust | Burn | Mass |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 6 | 35.3km/s | 2.1MN | 53.1m | 1.79E+5kg |
2 | 2 | 3.4km/s | 2.4MN | 2.1m | 1.79E+5kg |
3 | 0 | 0m/s | 0N | 0s | 1.76E+5kg |
5 | 2 | 31.3km/s | 1.3MN | 18.8m | 1.29E+5kg |
@CedandRossSpaceAgency No shame in borrowing haha, it's good that you credited the original guy. Thanks for the redirect!
Here's the antenna I used: https://www.simplerockets.com/c/34247K/Parabolic-antenna
I hoped that it would fit, and it actually did.
@LockSource I never had the skills to build one so I had to download an antenna
@LockSource To be honest, I had to download the folding antenna from someone else
Amazing work on the satellite! Do you think I could borrow the folding antenna for a craft I'm working on? I'll make sure to give credit where it's due.
THX
@Comeonsimplerockets2 STS-8 was posted earlier today
Is there any other problems
Hopefully I can make the mission succeed this time
@Comeonsimplerockets2 Launch was delayed because of a robotic arm docking port problem
You saw june 2
Just post it
Ok
Or at June 2
@Comeonsimplerockets2 It will release tomorrow.
Why is it so long!!!???
where is it
Tomorrow it may be done
pls i've been waiting for 11 days
@Comeonsimplerockets2 Not yet
So you done
Yes
What rocket? STS-8?
are you building the rocket?