TKS Spacecraft

[Scruce]

This is now a full project to simulate the TKS Spacecraft in Orbiter.

Done:
Remesh the TKS

To Do:
UV map SAS
UV map BSO
UV map VA
UV map FGB
Spacecraft3 configuration
Proton-K fairing mesh
Animations

Possible features:
Almaz (OPS-3) mesh
Kosmos 1686 modified VA mesh

 

[ky]

TKS spacecraft was a Soviet spacecraft design in the late 1960s intended to supply the military Almaz space station. The spacecraft was designed for manned or autonomous cargo resupply use. The design was used on four test missions but was never flown manned due to the abandonment of the Almaz program.

I would like to see TKS in Orbiter, because it adds to the options for space station manned/ummanned cargo and resupply.

TKS Spacecraft:

TKS Cutaway:

TKS Return Capsule:

Crew Size: 3



Design Life: 7 days



Orbital Storage: 200 days



Typical orbit: 223 km x 266 km at 52 degrees inclination



Length: 13.2 m (43.31 ft)



Maximum Diameter: 4.15 m (13.61 ft)



Span: 17.00 m (55.00 ft)



Habitable Volume: 45.00 m3



Mass: 17,510 kg (38,600 lb)



Payload: 12,600 kg (27,700 lb)



Main Engine Thrust: 7.840 kN (1,763 lbf)



Main Engine Propellants: N2O4/UDMH



Main Engine Propellants: 3,822 kg (8,426 lb)



Main Engine Isp: 291 sec



Spacecraft delta v: 700 m/s (2,290 ft/s)



Electrical System: Solar panels 17 m span 40 m²



Electric System: 2.40 average kW



Associated Launch Vehicle: Proton 8K82K

EDIT: Yes I know there have been earlier threads, I would like an updated version for 2010-P1 not 2003.

I've seen this craft before in a book. As soon as I can finish some things, I might start it.

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Ony if the CST-100 was as detailed as this description is lol.

 

[Tacolev]

Heh, yes indeed it's curious to note that a machine designed entirely within the soviet censorship apparatus now has much better documentation than a western commercial aerospace venture.

A TKS would certainly be a lovely and capable addition to the station roster, especially with Thorton's excellent Proton already available for it.

 

[Kendo]

I,m sure I read this somewhere, the main body, or part of it, eventually became the Zara module.

 

[Scruce]

I,m sure I read this somewhere, the main body, or part of it, eventually became the Zara module.

You mean Zarya? Yes, It was a descendant of TKS Spacecraft:

 

[Izack]

I,m sure I read this somewhere, the main body, I think, eventually became the Zara module.

Yes, Zarya (along with Kvant-2, Priroda and a few other Mir modules) was based on the FGB block of the TKS.

 

[Tacolev]

Also Salyut-6 and Salyut-7 each were visited by a full TKS with the Merkur capsule, albeit not in a crewed configuration and without the full LAS the vehicle is often depicted with. The Merkur of Cosmos 1267 (attached to Salyut 6) did in fact make a re-entry.

Furthermore [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excalibur_Almaz"]Excalibur Almaz[/ame] seems to be using the Merkur capsules for their project, though it is unclear whether any derivative of the FGB hardware will be used.

 

[4throck]

I think that the Merkur capsule would be an interesting addon. I've seen photos / drawings of the control panel for the manned version.

As for the FGB we already have it on the MIR addon. If I'm not mistaken there's a scenario that launches the Kvant-1 module, complete with the FGB.

 

[Tacolev]

While the Kvant tug is a TKS derivative, it does not feature a rendezvous or docking system system (these being on the Kvant itself) nor is it shaped for the Merkur capsule, instead tapering into a closed hull at this section. One would still have to modify the mesh, though it remains the closest to a "genericized" FGB that has been published.

This image from Astronautix should be illustrative

The top image is the "Standard" TKS-VA. Below it is the Kvant attached to its TKS tug.

 

[Urwumpe]

I had done a dirty anim8or mesh of the Merkur capsule once. But I am a coder, not a mesher, and so it was pretty futile for me to keep on fighting my lack of talent.

Wait, I try to upload some images.

 

[Wood]

I've considered making an Excalibur-Almaz RRV type spacecraft. Probably well outside of my skills to do well, though.

 

[Urwumpe]

 

[Scruce]

More TKS Capsule interiors:

 

[ky]

I had done a dirty anim8or mesh of the Merkur capsule once. But I am a coder, not a mesher, and so it was pretty futile for me to keep on fighting my lack of talent.

Wait, I try to upload some images.

Could I use that mesh?

 

[Urwumpe]

Could I use that mesh?

Sure, if you have no problem if I license it CC BY-SA. (Creative Commons; Attributed, Share-alike)

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

I don't want to get forgotten in the pedigree of this mesh, and I don't want it to get claimed completely by somebody. But I have no problem if you make money with it, because I wouldn't even have tried making money with it.

 

[Scruce]

Even more photos:

Entry Hatch:

 

[Pablo49]

You might want to leave this to someone else, Ky, or at least wait awhile. You are already waist deep in a dozen projects.

 

[diogom]

Probably won't help much, but better than nothing:

Taken from Soyuz T-15

 

[Scruce]

General views (1 & 2), SAS test (3), Recovery (4).

 

[ky]

You might want to leave this to someone else, Ky, or at least wait awhile. You are already waist deep in a dozen projects.

Thats why I said when I finish some projects.