Brigo Station

Designed as the core module (CM) for the Brigo Orbital Station (though could easily be used as a CM for any future station or as a standalone single launch station). This design is inspired by an artistic rendering of Skylab II done by brickmack on deviantart.com.

She should be easily launched into orbit (and even sent on her way to Luna or Brigo if so chosen) by an appropriately sized rocket. The solar panels are folded and stowed underneath aerodynamic fairings on the sides near the top. To jettison the fairings just activate AG 7, “solar panel covers”, then the panels should be ready to deploy as normal.

The Vroz module at the front (top in the designer) is intended to serve as an airlock for EVA’s. It’s connected to the rest of the station by a docking port so in theory could be detached and replaced by a different segment if so desired. However the main habitat section bellow it only has a command chip inside (no gyros or battery) so detaching the upper section will leave the rest of the station without power or gyro control. Just keep that in mind if you decide to go that route.

For launch:

I’ve uploaded the craft with the forward fairing and nose cone fairing already attached but it should be pretty easy to pull it off or slap it back on in the designer if you want to make modifications to the front before launch. At the rear I’ve provided (3) struts with side interstages that are already connected to the core module for payload deployment. The gray hemisphere bellow the struts is there just to make it easier for you to align and center whatever stages you want to launch her with (you should then be able to disconnect the hemisphere, discard it and attach the back of the three struts to your own stage for launch).

I’ve also included additional optional components for the station including a “science rack” (that can attach bellow the core module) and has numerous docking port nodes to attach experiment packages to the structure. As well as an extension node with (4) docking ports, A multiple docking adapter with (4) docking ports and a landing craft refueling and service module. The additional segments are disconnected from the rest of the station in the designer (and separated apart) but positioned strategically in the layout where they’d eventually be connected.