Spacecraft for Celestia: Thread 2

[SevenSpheres]

This is the second iteration of the thread collecting spacecraft addons for Celestia, created since the first thread was close to reaching 100 pages.

Post may or may not be substantially edited in the future.

See also:

• Index of spacecraft addons by DaveBowman2001
• Interplanetary Missions Collection maintained by Sirius_Alpha
• Earth Orbit Missions Collection maintained by DaveBowman2001
• Spacecraft category on celestia.mobi

[SevenSpheres]

reserved for potentially collecting links to addons

Old attempt at making a full list of spacecraft addons

• List of all Spacecraft for Celestia addons
• Curiosity on Mars by Cham
• Dawn spacecraft by FarGetaNik
• CHEOPS by SevenSpheres
• Chang'e 3, 4 and 5 (lunar surface elements) by Sirius_Alpha
• Sierra Nevada Corporation Dream Chaser by Endeavor35
• Perseverance by SevenSpheres
• Surveyor 1 to 7 by DaveBowman2001 (older version)
• Project Apollo by DaveBowman2001
• Venera 9 to 14 by DaveBowman2001 (older version)
• Tiangong - Chinese Space Station by Sirius_Alpha
• ExoMars TGO by toutatis
• Gaia by toutatis
• Parker Solar Probe by toutatis
• Voyager 1 and 2 by toutatis
• LISA Pathfinder by toutatis
• Double Star by toutatis
• SOHO by toutatis
• Stardust-NExT by toutatis
• Galileo by toutatis
• SolarMax by DaveBowman2001 (older version)
• Tianwen-1, MAVEN, Mars Odyssey, Juno, MRO, MGS, Europa Clipper, Kepler, Chandra, Clementine, Aquarius by toutatis
• GRAIL by toutatis
• Dawn by toutatis
• Rosetta and Philae by DaveBowman2001 and toutatis (older version)
• Mars Express by toutatis
• MESSENGER by toutatis
• Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter by toutatis
• Lunar Prospector by toutatis
• Lucy by toutatis
• Mars Cube One by pedro_jg
• Long Duration Exposure Facility by DaveBowman2001 (older version)
• TESS by toutatis
• Cassini-Huygens by Jestr, toutatis, and DaveBowman2001 (older versions: 1, 2)
• InSight Lander and Orbiter by toutatis
• New Horizons by toutatis
• Mir and Salyut 1 to 7 by DaveBowman2001 (replace Soviet Space Program)
• Boeing X-37B by DaveBowman2001
• Syncom-IV/Leasat by DaveBowman2001 (older version)
• Tiangong 1 and 2 by DaveBowman2001 (older version)
• Defense Support Program by DaveBowman2001 (older version)
• Wideband Global SATCOM by DaveBowman2001
• Lunar Orbiter by DaveBowman2001
• James Webb by DaveBowman2001 (older version)
• MSL/Mars 2020 (cruise) by DaveBowman2001
• O3b-MEO by DaveBowman2001
• Mars Pathfinder by DaveBowman2001
• OSIRIS-REx by DaveBowman2001
• Hayabusa 2 by DaveBowman2001
• DART by Limax7 and DaveBowman2001 (older versions: 1, 2)
• Space Transportation System by DaveBowman2001 (older version)
• International Space Station by DaveBowman2001 (older versions: 1, 2)
• Inspiration4 by DaveBowman2001
• ExoMars Rover (Update) by SpaceExplorer
• EURECA by DaveBowman2001
• Mariner 10 by DaveBowman2001
• Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer by DaveBowman2001
• Skylab by DaveBowman2001
• GOES-N (13 to 15) by DaveBowman2001
• Helios 1 and 2 by DaveBowman2001
• Venera 15 and 16 (around Venus) by SpaceExplorer
• Venera 9 and 10 (around Venus) by SpaceExplorer
• Akatsuki by DaveBowman2001
• Explorer 1 to 5 by DaveBowman2001
• Wind by DaveBowman2001
• Advanced Composition Explorer by DaveBowman2001
• CYGNSS by DaveBowman2001
• Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) by DaveBowman2001
• Galileo Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) by DaveBowman2001
• Hubble Servicing Missions by DaveBowman2001
• Exploration Flight Test-1 by DaveBowman2001
• Tracking & Data Relay Satellite by DaveBowman2001
• Spektr-RG by DaveBowman2001
• JWST by John Van Vliet
• Lunar Gateway by DaveBowman2001
• Diwata-1 by DaveBowman2001
• Mangalyaan-1 by DaveBowman2001
• Al-Amal (Mars Hope) by DaveBowman2001
• Ulysses by DaveBowman2001

[SevenSpheres]

reserved for potentially collecting links to addons

[SevenSpheres]

reserved for potentially collecting links to addons

[gironde]

here are the latest Starlink and Oneweb launches
68th launch fleet Starlink v1.5 Group 4-37 2022-12-17 21:32 (version 1.5)
69th launch fleet Starlink v1.5 Group 5-1 2022-12-28 09:34 (version 1.5)
70th launch fleet Starlink v1.5 Group 2-4 2023-01-19 15:43 (version 1.5)
16th launch fleet ONEWEB 2023-01-10 04:50 UTC -- 40 sat.

There were two shots on 26-01-2023 and 29-01-2023 but the data is not yet available

Starlink 68-69-70.zip

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Oneweb 16.zip

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[DaveBowman2001]

I might start to build a OneWeb satellite in the near future

[DaveBowman2001]

Sentinel-5 Precursor is a European Earth observations satellite launched in 2017 that is dedicated to monitoring air pollution. Its capabilities closes the gap in continuity of observations between Envisat and the future Sentinel-5/MetOp-SG fleet. It is still in active operation as of 2023

This serves as an update to gironde's Sentinel-5p addon here, which restored its three solar arrays that were missing in the older model

Sentinel-5P.zip

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[DaveBowman2001]

These are all been teased first on the Celestia Discord, but here are some of my in-development projects planned for release this February to March 2023:

Mir
Soviet/Russian space station, 1986–2001
Released: 2023-May-23, 07:44

OneWeb
Starlink's main competitor in satellite internet services
Released: 2023-Feb-3, 12:55

Russian Orbital Service Station
One of many successor space stations to the ISS
Released: 2023-May-29, 11:30

Shenzhou 7
Featuring the first Chinese spacewalk in history by Zhai Zhigang
Released: 2023-Mar-13, 06:31

Tesla Roadster
Technically the first "flying" car in history lol
Released: 2023-Feb-5, 12:42

Additional content for STS-2022, Project Artemis, and ISS-2023 are also planned, but haven't yet or paused their development as of this writing

[DaveBowman2001]

Starlink shell as of 2023-Jan-29. Click to view GIF animation

Here's a recap of all 70 Starlink launches so far collected in one ZIP file.
SSC files originally made by gironde

DOWNLOAD LATEST VERSION HERE, 2023-07-26

[DaveBowman2001]

A OneWeb satellite in orbit

OneWeb is a UK-based satellite constellation that provides high-speed internet services across the globe, similar to Starlink. As of 2023-Jan-11, there are a total of 504 satellites launched in 16 flights since 2019, with only two were deorbited. Around 600-900 satellites were planned to complete the first-generation fleet by 2023

OneWeb shell as of 2023-Jan-10. Click to view GIF animation

This addon adds a low-poly CMOD model depicting a OneWeb satellite in its deployed configuration. All 16 SSC files are originally made by gironde

DOWNLOAD LATEST VERSION HERE, 2023-07-28

[DaveBowman2001]

Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster is an electric sports car that served as the dummy payload for the maiden test flight of the Falcon Heavy rocket on February 6, 2018. It is the first production car launched into space, and it is currently in a Mars-crossing orbit around the Sun. A mannequin in a spacesuit, named Starman, occupies the driver's seat.

This addon modifies the existing model from the original addon by Askaniy. I originally intended to make the car and the rocket stage as separate objects attached together. but problems on introducing rotation to both of them led me to scratch that decision. Also, the XYZV trajectory used only covers the final escape orbit of the spacecraft for one day to simulate when the mission depleted its batteries on February 7th....see update below

Tesla Roadster.zip

In celebration of the 5th Anniversary of its Launch

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Added after 10 hours 32 minutes:
Restored back Art Blos's XYZV trajectory that originally ran until 2090 while simultaneously making its name disappear by February 8, 2018. Thanks pedro_jg for the idea!

Tesla Roadster (XYZV update).zip

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[gironde]

First, thanks to DaveBowmann2001 for the Oneweb mesh. Would it be possible to make us mesh of the different cubesat: 0.25U, 1U, 2U, 3U, 4U, ...?

here, 71th Starlink launch, 26-01-2023 and 11 & 12th SpaceBee launch 02-05-2022 & 03-01-2023

Starlink 71.zip

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SpaceBee 11-12.zip

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[DaveBowman2001]

First, thanks to DaveBowmann2001 for the Oneweb mesh...

You're welcome, gironde!

...Would it be possible to make us mesh of the different cubesat: 0.25U, 1U, 2U, 3U, 4U, ...?

It is possible, though might take time depending on the level of priority in lieu of the status of my current in-development projects

[gironde]

First, thanks to DaveBowmann2001 for the Oneweb mesh...

You're welcome, gironde!

...Would it be possible to make us mesh of the different cubesat: 0.25U, 1U, 2U, 3U, 4U, ...?

It is possible, though might take time depending on the level of priority in lieu of the status of my current in-development projects

No problem, I will be patient!

[Diigg]

Perseverance rover. Made this today in a few hours. Model is from here. I'm not entirely sure the texturing is 100% correct, but as far as I can tell it looks the same as the original model. No detailed Mars surface textures included, at least not yet.

https://celestia.space/forum/viewtopic.php?p=152787#p152787

Here is also a nice model from Ingenuity https://mars.nasa.gov/resources/25043/mars-ingenuity-helicopter-3d-model/

Having this 3D model, it would be nice to have a representation of the mission with the rover and ingenuity moving on the surface of Mars. On this page there is a good reference of the movements of each of the vehicles so far. It could serve as a base.

https://www.perseverancerover.spatialstudieslab.org/

[DaveBowman2001]

The only way to make such motion on rovers in Celestia are to plot insanely accurate XYZV or XYZ trajectories onto the surface corresponding to the elevations of a simulated 3D terrain (if present). The only addon devs I know of that accomplished a similar task were linuxman
(ISS-2009, 2001: A Space Odyssey, N1), rthorvald (Buran?), Sirius_Alpha (Tiangong), toutatis (Galileo Probe, my version was only an extension of his work) and whoever made the original trajectories to Huygens (either Jack Higgins or BrianJ).

Understandably that takes a significant amount of time to pull off, let alone do individual "animations" to the wheels and propellers by separating them into their own 3D models so as of now, giving rover motions are almost near impossible and unnecessary (if there's no 3D model to explore)

Added after 2 minutes 5 seconds:

Here is also a nice model from Ingenuity https://mars.nasa.gov/resources/25043/mars-ingenuity-helicopter-3d-model/

Also, Endeavor35 already made an addon for Ingenuity here:
viewtopic.php?p=153679#p153679

[Diigg]

I understand the complexity. Thank you for the explanation @DaveBowman2001

[gironde]

Here, Starlink launches 72 on 01-31-2023, 73 on 02-02-2023, and 74 on 02-12-2023
157 satellites
update of the list of satellites returned to Earth (2 sat.)

by my count, there are 3634 Starlink satellites in orbit at this time.

Starlink 72-73-74.zip

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[DaveBowman2001]

Preview of the upcoming addon "reboot" called Mir-2023. As of this writing, the latest module to be remodeled is Spektr, and every solar panel (including the angled ones on the said module) are animated. The screenshots below depict its latest accurate configuration so far until October 1995

NOTE:
Soyuz and Progress spacecraft used here are made by Endeavor35

[ANDREA]

Very nice, finally we have a realistic model of this very important object, the precursor to the ISS and all subsequent and future space wonders.
Much appreciated, can't wait to try it ....
Andrea