The third major component of Kerbin Spaceport blasts off!

This addition completes the science expansion for the Spaceport, adding a cyclotron particle accelerator, which will help study particle physics and other strange science in space!

The first and second stages finish firing, leaving the Cyclotron in orbit!  Automated systems will guide it to Kerbin Spaceport.

The Cyclotron moves closer, and closer…

Until it finally connects!  The maneuvering system ejects, and the station’s new science core is ready to go!

Back on Kerbin the first Science payload is readied!

The massive Jool Rocket blasts off from Cape Kerman!

Once in space, the aerodynamic fairing deploys!

The engines fire and the massive space station orbits Kerbin!

Almost identical to Phase One of the Spaceport, Phase Two has two giant fuel reserves, a habitat area, and a docking section.  It also features a science lab and a cupola, and of course giant solar arrays to power all the onboard systems! Once docked Kerbin Spaceport will dwarf even Kerbin Space Station, making it the largest object ever assembled in space – nearly as long as two Vehicle Assembly Buildings!

Phase Two arrives at Kerbin Spaceport! The RCS systems fire, and the two Spaceport components get closer and closer, until….

Connection!  History is made as the Kerbin Spaceport goes fully online!  Supply ships ready themselves to launch to the next two orbital fuel reserves, and KSEA prepares to launch Phase Three – the new Science component!

Work is finally done on the next phase of Kerbin Spaceport! Almost identical to the first launch, this station will dock with the existing Kerbin Spaceport to create the largest object ever constructed in space.

Besides adding more fuel depots, the station has an advanced science lab and expansion ports that will allow the station to be a viable laboratory in space for the foreseeable future!

(The Station Mission Patch is updated as well to reflect the new layout of the Spaceport!)

A new record is set for the heaviest payload as the Jool IV blasts off from the launchpad, carrying the new Kerbin Spaceport into orbit!

Once in orbit the fairings deploy!

The guidance systems put the Spaceport into a 71k orbit of Kerbin – lower than the Kerbin Space Station – but it should make it easier to get to the station!

The massive solar panels deploy, and the Spaceport is ready to go!  Refueling scheduling has already begun – that means the station should be fully functional in mere days!

But, that’s not all!  Another component of the station will be launched soon, to expand fuel and docking capacity!  After that a new science module will be launched.