Orbital Science Space Station
Crew Capacity
As it currently stands, the Space Station has enough living quarters for up to 20 Scientists at a maxiumum, but can be operated with a minimum of 5 to 7 Scientists. Each Scientist will be in orbit for a minimum of 3 months, but can be up for a maxiumum of 19 months. This is due to equipment on the station that will allow them to get in a workout regiment to ensure minimal loss of muscle mass.
Manufacture and Assembly
Manufacture of the various segments of the O.S.S.S. was done at a total of 6 facilites across the Empire and those segments were shipped to the George A. Loak Memorial Space Station, where they were held in a large storage building until it was their turn in the launch sequence. The launching of the segments began on the 15th of July, 2022 and the last segment, the Command Module, was launched on the 23rd if August, 2022 and docked in its location at the very top of the facility 7 hours later after 3 orbital burn adjustments before the final burn close to the station for final alignment and dockng. It took a total of 13 Launches to complete the assembly of the Space Station to the point it is today. A 14th Launch is currently Scheduled to replace the Docking Module for a new segment that will include 5 Docking Ports for the v2 Orbiter. Docking for the Cargo Transporters will be moved to the Tertiary Docking Ports along the Solar PanelArray segments on either side of the Space Station.
