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[SPQRALAN]

I haven't been playing SFS for 5 months(because of online school, anime, other games, house chores etc.) and now I decided to play it again.

First I went to my previous game and cleaned up stuff in LEO more like I gave up after cleaning up 1% of junk

Then I started a new game and finished the tutorials.

Next, I plan on docking 8 of these satellites to high moon orbit.

Any comments? Suggestions on what I should do next? I'm trying to avoid Kessler syndrome.

 

[Blazer Ayanami]

I haven't been playing SFS for 5 months(because of online school, anime, other games, house chores etc.) and now I decided to play it again.

First I went to my previous game and cleaned up stuff in LEO more like I gave up after cleaning up 1% of junk

Then I started a new game and finished the tutorials.

Next, I plan on docking 8 of these satellites to high moon orbit.
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Any comments? Suggestions on what I should do next? I'm trying to avoid Kessler syndrome.

Welcome back. So what's your plan for these? Why do you need so many?

 

[SPQRALAN]

Welcome back. So what's your plan for these? Why do you need so many?

Dunno. I'm thinking to make these part of a computational analysis and data processing unit. All those probes together could do some heavy math.

 

[TtTOtW]

A computer 2m wide and 1m high should outperform almost anything on Earth...

 

[Pink]

A computer 2m wide and 1m high should outperform almost anything on Earth...

Would need huge solar panels and radiators tho.

Edit: hey, I got it! Add everything that a data processing system needs, SPQRALAN.
Solar array, power storage, cooling loop, radiators and heat sinks, etc.
Could be awesome!

 

[SPQRALAN]

Would need huge solar panels and radiators tho.

Edit: hey, I got it! Add everything that a data processing system needs, SPQRALAN.
Solar array, power storage, cooling loop, radiators and heat sinks, etc.
Could be awesome!

excellent idea. Hopefully I don't get kessler syndrome on the moon.

Power storage

Didn't they take out batteries?

 

[Earl]

A computer 2m wide and 1m high should outperform almost anything on Earth...

Keep in mind the probe would contain things like reaction wheels, some source of energy, communications, etc.
But still, that would be a massive computer lol

 

[Pink]

Didn't they take out batteries?

They did, doesn't stop us from 'make believe'.

 

[The Dark in the Light]

They did, doesn't stop us from 'make believe'.

Like using orange separators, just came up with that.

 

[Pink]

Like using orange separators, just came up with that.

Oooooh, that's good!

 

[TtTOtW]

Like using orange separators, just came up with that.

Oooooh, that's good!

That's a brilliant idea!

 

[SPQRALAN]

Like using orange separators, just came up with that.

Base game

 

[Pink]

Base game

Overlapping wheels, engines, fuel tanks, etc could produce cool power storage units!

 

[TtTOtW]

SPQRALAN just be creative.

 

[Blazer Ayanami]

Didn't they take out batteries?

Yes they did. But if you have an old 1.4 blueprint that still has them you can use it.

 

[Altaïr]

Keep in mind the probe would contain things like reaction wheels, some source of energy, communications, etc.
But still, that would be a massive computer lol

There should be some kind of shielding against radiations too. From what I know, space computers are not made too powerful because more miniaturized components also mean that they are more sensitive to radiations that can mess with bits...

 

[Earl]

There should be some kind of shielding against radiations too. From what I know, space computers are not made too powerful because more miniaturized components also mean that they are more sensitive to radiations that can mess with bits...

Yeah, so the computer is most likely not super powerful. There are a lot of subsystems that must be in it.

 

[TtTOtW]

There should be some kind of shielding against radiations too. From what I know, space computers are not made too powerful because more miniaturized components also mean that they are more sensitive to radiations that can mess with bits...

That I didn't know.

 

[Mars Pathfinder]

-Usually its called spacecraft bus, but depends on Satellite how big is it.

-As far as i know the JWST has a boxy size (its medium size) that houses the comms. dish, the computers, rcs, propellants, some cryo thingy to keep JWST cool, and more things inside that bus...


-And maybe he mean the Super Computers in NASA which is huge and can't be boarded unless its space shuttles.

-But in Satellite, the computer must be small or medium but more durable due to radiation etc. And it must be workin properly for if doesn't mission over.



Idk maybe its a long one for me???

 

[TtTOtW]

-Usually its called spacecraft bus, but depends on Satellite how big is it.

-As far as i know the JWST has a boxy size (its medium size) that houses the comms. dish, the computers, rcs, propellants, some cryo thingy to keep JWST cool, and more things inside that bus...


-And maybe he mean the Super Computers in NASA which is huge and can't be boarded unless its space shuttles.

-But in Satellite, the computer must be small or medium but more durable due to radiation etc. And it must be workin properly for if doesn't mission over.



Idk maybe its a long one for me???

No, I like to hear your opinions

 

[Mars Pathfinder]

No, I like to hear your opinions

welp in short there is that the computers onboard the satellites are small even first satellites flown back to 60's....

 

[SPQRALAN]

I plan on docking 8 of these satellites to high moon orbit.

I'm not used to SFS 1.5 docking system. Yes I can successfully dock in 1.5 but it takes 3 tries because there's no closet approch line telling me how to adjust my orbit.

Tips?

 

[TtTOtW]

I'm not used to SFS 1.5 docking system. Yes I can successfully dock in 1.5 but it takes 3 tries because there's no closet approch line telling me how to adjust my orbit.

Tips?

As long as you get the numbers at the transfer point to zero, you'll encounter. When it shoots up a bit after, ignore it. It will only delay docking.