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Posted: **26.01.2023, 23:53**

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

Posted: **26.01.2023, 23:53**

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

Posted: **26.01.2023, 23:53**

reserved for potentially collecting links to addons

Posted: **26.01.2023, 23:53**

reserved for potentially collecting links to addons

Posted: **29.01.2023, 11:46**

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: (67.52 KiB) Downloaded 357 times

Oneweb 16.zip: (2.56 MiB) Downloaded 350 times

Posted: **30.01.2023, 03:55**

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

Posted: **31.01.2023, 04:14**

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: (898.88 KiB) Downloaded 381 times

Posted: **01.02.2023, 11:23**

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

Posted: **03.02.2023, 06:44**

: 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

Posted: **03.02.2023, 12:55**

: 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

Posted: **05.02.2023, 12:42**

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; (2.7 MiB) Downloaded 358 times

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: (1.53 MiB) Downloaded 340 times

Posted: **06.02.2023, 15:33**

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, ...? :hi:

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

Starlink 71.zip: (58.26 KiB) Downloaded 379 times

SpaceBee 11-12.zip: (220.22 KiB) Downloaded 320 times

Posted: **07.02.2023, 12:56**

gironde wrote:First, thanks to DaveBowmann2001 for the Oneweb mesh...

You're welcome, gironde!

gironde wrote:...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

Posted: **08.02.2023, 09:18**

DaveBowman2001 wrote:
gironde wrote:First, thanks to DaveBowmann2001 for the Oneweb mesh...
You're welcome, gironde!

gironde wrote:...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! :smile:

Posted: **09.02.2023, 12:01**

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/

Posted: **09.02.2023, 13:19**

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:

Diigg wrote: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

Posted: **12.02.2023, 12:12**

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

Posted: **21.02.2023, 13:46**

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: (67.58 KiB) Downloaded 364 times

Posted: **11.03.2023, 10:29**

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

Posted: **11.03.2023, 16:05**

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 .... :smile:

Andrea

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