Space Station Designs

Overview

The Arbiter, a 125 part space station/ship constructed in Sandbox by thebillusbillus .

The ALT, a 22 module station built by Anonymous Astronaut .

Station Elkana, created by Prof. Elkana van Pi van Dagobert.

A simple exploration station.

A large static space station.

An exploration station made by Lunar Module . You might know what it is based off .

Fully accurate ISS by user [TRE9393].

Soyuz Spacecrafts Docking Each Other Go To: Station Blueprint Designer

NeS's space station IPCC (Interplanetary Control Center)

The OVA (Orbital Vehicle Assembler) - A large 108 part station with complete rockets attached

Station Fidget Spinner

Space Station Overkill

A giant space station that is currently being worked on. Over 1100 modules.

Space Station DeltaV. Just over 800 modules.

An attempt to protect Earth with a big defense station.

Jager II Station

A theoretical expansion for STA. The red numbers indicate the order they were placed in.

Cool ISS Made By So-Safe

this station can be build in LEO then moved to a different location

this station can be build in LEO then moved to a different location

Garganpia, A massive station built in certain career missions (The career missions this will be made in are only concepts)

STAMSSADS

OISS(Observation and Investigation Space Station)

Big Comms Satelite

EESS(Experimental Exploration Space Station)

SSS(Small Space Station)

OLSS(Orbital Landing Space Station)(On one side the Soviet modules and the other Americans)

The space station of quick play(ISS)

This is a medium exploration space station that has linkable ion engines to go forward and common ion engines to rotate. It also has Airlocks for spacewalking.

A space station that has 6 Airlocks for spacewalks and also has everything you need to live for a long time such as two oxygen gardens, a control room, two medical bays, three large solar panels, two CSgt nuclear generators and more.

Super Small Station, just for fun! Made by HunPredator.

The Arcana-1 [DSC](Deep Space Carrier) is an experimental spacecraft that would be used as a mobile space station to carry out landing missions to several different planets. The station itself has more than enough excess power (2068) and total storage (952) to make several trips around the solar system. I will make a variant of the station to build in game (no custom parts). The build date for the station is january 2021 at the latest. If you have any feedback on this build please feel free to share.

LSS (Little Space Station) made by Ohwelpwelp with 45 parts total (include the station bulider)

A space station is a collection of parts and modules that exist in either Low Earth Orbit (also known as LEO (Low Earth Orbit)), or in this case, must be called Low HOM Orbit, or beyond HOM's orbit.

There is currently one space station in LEO (Low Earth Orbit) in real life: the International Space Station

In April 2018, the Chinese Tiangong-1 space station was successfully de-orbited and burned up after it had served out its scientific missions and purpose. Ditto for Tiangong-2, which burned up over the South Pacific this July 19, 2019.

There are many ways to construct a space station and each way has its own pros and cons.

Constructing a station in orbit around HOM can prove to be problematic when the station gets longer than 3 or more modules. Perhaps the simplest method of construction in a Sandbox is to separately send each component to a point beyond the orbit of HOM, and connect the modules as they arrive at the construction location. A Station Builder Tug can be very useful during assembly.

The minimal distance from HOM to your station should probably be about 110 units. This is the approximate distance it takes to decelerate fully from escape velocity (Red Bar in the velocity indicator) and successfully maneuver the modules into their desired positions at a safe docking velocity. Many users assemble their stations at a distance of 125 to 200 units, then maneuver the station into its final position after completion.

Some space stations have a large supply of fuel, often stored in a Station Refuel Silo. This allows the station to travel long distances at top speed many times over, or act as a space-based refuel station for other spacecraft.

If a station is constructed for the purpose of exploration, it should have several engines aligned in at least 2 directions. This increases the maneuverability of the ship and its ability to start and/or stop. A large station is difficult to turn or decelerate swiftly unless it has an engine designated for that purpose. A space station that is meant to move should also be balanced, ergo, the mid-life of the ship (from bow to stern) should have symmetry on each side of the mid-line. This prevents the ship from spinning when accelerating forwards.

Each pressured module should also have a path to a functioning oxygen garden or a supply O2 and CO2 scrubbers.

A Space Station can be made for several different applications which include:

• A Refueling Station for other space vessels

• A Recharging Space Station for other space vessels, whose batteries have been depleted

• An Exploration Ship

• A science/research ship
• A military/defense station
• A Habitation Station

Here's an open invitation to all, post your space station pictures here in the comments section. Show us your ideas and get some new ones from others!

Part of a pre-build station schematic

Note: Since the actual construction of your station can be quite time consuming (unless you are using Quick Launches), you may wish to first make your own pre-build schematic, by using this: Space Station Blueprinting or this online app.

It can be a great help in visualizing what you're going to build, before you actually start building it. This helps to avoid construction issues halfway through building.