Thursday, September 4, 2014

Kerbal Space Program: Building a Low Orbit Fueling Station

For awhile, I wanted a way to practically apply my docking skills (that is, having one spacecraft attach to another in space). I used a little bit of the Infernal Robotics mod, but not much. I started off by sending up two base modules and docking them.

Two of these were attached at the front (the end with less docking ports)
After attaching the base modules, I sent up two large fuel tanks attached to one ship. I docked the first tank, then separated the second one, and then docked the second one.

Docking the first of the two orange tanks while the second is still attached. 

The completed station, with both fuel tanks docked. 
The station was complete. It had nearly full fuel tanks, solar panels for electricity, and six docking ports for refueling ships and future additions.

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