Spacecraft for Celestia: Thread 2

[DaveBowman2001]

Spacecraft add-on projects to be uploaded for May-June 2025 release:

GLONASS-M
A series of 45/51 Russian navigation satellites launched between 2003 and 2022

Lunar Gateway
New version of the space station based on NASA's 2024 redesign

Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite
A NASA Earth observations satellite deployed from STS-48 (Discovery)

[gironde]

Anik-A.zip by Davebowman2001
error in "anik-a.ssc"

"Anik A1:Telesat 1:1972-090A" "Sol/Earth"
Beginning "1972 11 10 01:!4:03"
Add "Anik A1:Telesat 1:1972-090A" "Sol/Earth"
Beginning "1972 11 10 01:!4:03"

to be replaced by : Beginning "1972 11 10 01:14:03"

Is it normal that the antenna does not rotate with the body?

[DaveBowman2001]

Error in "anik-a.ssc"...

Uploaded a patch fixing the issue in the Beginning date, thanks!

Is it normal that the antenna does not rotate with the body?

Yes! This is a feature from the early satellites designed by Hughes and Boeing that uses spin-stabilization for guidance. The antenna itself spins in the opposite direction from its body to maintain direct contact with Earth (NASA's Galileo also has this feature btw).

[gironde]

Yes! This is a feature from the early satellites...

Ok

[gironde]

KuiperSat satellites are like Starlink and Oneweb. Project Kuiper was initiated by Jeff Bezos, who already owns Amazon and Blue Origin.
After launching two test satellites in 2023, he had to wait for the validation of the new launchers. On April 28, 2025, 27 KuiperSat satellites were launched into orbit by an Atlas V 551 rocket.
Since little information has been released, the model is that of Oneweb, which, according to the web, is very similar.

Kuiper launch 000-001.zip

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[gironde]

I discovered an error in my distribution of Starlink Launch 212 (2024-11-24) 2024-220
This error only affects the provided Vidiba list.
For those using these lists, please replace the file with the one provided today.

Starlink 212 update.zip

(968 Bytes) Downloaded 7 times

PS : Today I noticed a serious slowdown in loading pages on the forum site.

PS : celestiaproject.space is come back
thank you "onetwothree"

[gironde]

Starlink launches from 13 avr 2025 to 16 may 2025 :

13/04/2025 00:53 n°250 - 21 Starlink 12-17 2025-075
14/04/2025 04:00 n°251 - 27 Starlink 06-73 2025-076
25/04/2025 01:52 n°252 - 28 Starlink 06-74 2025-083
28/04/2025 02:09 n°253 - 23 Starlink 12-23 2025-085
28/04/2025 20:42 n°254 - 27 Starlink 11-09 2025-087
29/04/2025 02:34 n°255 - 23 Starlink 12-10 2025-089
02/05/2025 01:51 n°256 - 28 Starlink 06-75 2025-091
04/05/2025 08:54 n°257 - 29 Starlink 06-84 2025-092
07/05/2025 01:17 n°258 - 28 Starlink 06-93 2025-093
10/05/2025 00:19 n°259 - 26 Starlink 15-03 2025-094

Starlink 250 to 259.zip

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