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Robotic In-Space Assembly Simulator

Grow a large orbital structure from small modules joined by a robotic arm one joint at a time, and watch overall mission success probability decline as the required number of assembly steps rises.

Aerospace Engineering & Orbital Mechanics3DModerate60 FPS💨 Air & Wind
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A payload fairing has a hard maximum diameter, so a rocket can only launch one already-assembled structure up to a fixed size. Robotic in-space assembly breaks that ceiling by launching the target structure as many small modules and letting a robotic arm dock and join them in orbit, one joint at a time, until a structure far larger than any single fairing could carry is complete. Set the target structure's size (which sets how many modules and joints the mission needs) and the reliability of a single robotic joint step, then watch the arm build the structure while the live overall mission success probability — the compounding product of every step's success chance — drops as more steps are required.

⚙ Under the hood

Grow a large orbital structure from small modules joined one at a time by a robotic arm, and watch overall mission success probability compound downward as the required number of assembly steps rises.

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3D · Three.js / WebGL renderer · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install

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