Interesting idea.Kvant actually sounds like a good basis for a man-tended L2-station; launch it plus an American SEP propulsion module (to get to L2) on an Ariane 5 and you've got the basis for an ISS2...
Quote from: simonbp on 03/02/2012 08:04 pmInteresting idea.Kvant actually sounds like a good basis for a man-tended L2-station; launch it plus an American SEP propulsion module (to get to L2) on an Ariane 5 and you've got the basis for an ISS2...I don't know what a SEP is, or whether it can be launched together with a 10 ton Kvant to L2 on an Ariane V.
EDIT: SNIP - would allow a Senate Launch Vehicle to send an Orion plus the module to an asteroid.However, I don't have any photos of the interior of Kvant, they don't seem to exist.
This might help - a littlehttp://spaceflight.nasa.gov/history/shuttle-mir/multimedia/sts-84-photos/84p-062.htm
I don't know what a SEP is, or whether it can be launched together with a 10 ton Kvant to L2 on an Ariane V.
A few pics can be found here:http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/history/shuttle-mir/spacecraft/s-mir-kvant1-main.htm
Quote from: Danderman on 03/02/2012 10:53 pmI don't know what a SEP is, or whether it can be launched together with a 10 ton Kvant to L2 on an Ariane V.As Chris said, a Solar Electric Propulsion stage with a mass of around 10-15 tonnes. That should have enough dv to get the Kvant to L2 in a few months, and then provide power, comm, and halo orbit maintenance once it gets there.
http://www.capcomespace.net/dossiers/espace_sovietique/mir/mir_1996.htmtry here http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/mir/kvant2.htmlthis place offers a video tour, don't have real player to confirm
Quote from: simonbp on 03/03/2012 03:07 pmQuote from: Danderman on 03/02/2012 10:53 pmI don't know what a SEP is, or whether it can be launched together with a 10 ton Kvant to L2 on an Ariane V.As Chris said, a Solar Electric Propulsion stage with a mass of around 10-15 tonnes. That should have enough dv to get the Kvant to L2 in a few months, and then provide power, comm, and halo orbit maintenance once it gets there.I don't know what sort of condition any Kvant avionics would be in after a slow cruise through the Van Allen belts.
Quote from: Danderman on 03/05/2012 11:21 pmQuote from: simonbp on 03/03/2012 03:07 pmQuote from: Danderman on 03/02/2012 10:53 pmI don't know what a SEP is, or whether it can be launched together with a 10 ton Kvant to L2 on an Ariane V.As Chris said, a Solar Electric Propulsion stage with a mass of around 10-15 tonnes. That should have enough dv to get the Kvant to L2 in a few months, and then provide power, comm, and halo orbit maintenance once it gets there.I don't know what sort of condition any Kvant avionics would be in after a slow cruise through the Van Allen belts.If there is no one inside, does the habitat's avionics have to be powered up as it goes through the Van Allen belts?
For that matter, the SEP stage avionics would have to survive the Van Allen belts, and so someone may be invoking magic in this particular architecture.
...For that matter, the SEP stage avionics would have to survive the Van Allen belts, and so someone may be invoking magic in this particular architecture....