Breaking Ground parts
 | Available only with the Breaking Ground Expansion installed. |
Breaking Ground Parts are the basic science and robotics items for exploration in Kerbal Space Program. As a whole, they compose the building materials the player can choose from in the Vehicle Assembly Building. Breaking Ground Parts are added into three major categories: Cargo, Robotics, and Science. The expansion has 30 parts to choose from (as of version 1.7.1).
Contents
Tables of Parts
In the tables are the main properties of the parts. In most cases the tables follows the categorization structure of the game. In case of deviation, the position in part board of the game is noted. Some parts have been made physicsless to improve performance in the game from version 0.23 onwards. These parts behave as if they have no mass and cause no drag, unless they become the root part of a vessel.
Many parts have some resource storing capacity, which makes the mass and the cost different in full and empty state. In this case the full is shown as normal, and the empty values are in round brackets under the full values. Some properties, like the entry cost, are not included, but can be found in the part-box on right side of the part's page.
Cargo
Communications
| Image | Part | Cost (  ) |
Mass (t) |
Max. Temp. (K) |
Tolerance (m/s) |
Packed Volume (l) |
CommNet Tier | Power required[Note 1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Communotron Ground HG-48 | 1 000 | 0.04 | 1 200 | 8 | 25.0 | N/A (10G) |
1 |
- ↑ This refers to the kind of power provided by Breaking Ground generators.
Sensors
| Image | Part | Cost ( ) |
Mass (t) |
Max. Temp. (K) |
Tolerance (m/s) |
Packed Volume (l) |
works in atmosphere | works in vacuum | Power required[Note 1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Go-ob ED Monitor | 1 000 | 0.04 | 1 200 | 10 | 25.0 | Yes | Yes | 1 |
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Grand Slam Passive Seismometer | 4 000 | 0.04 | 1 200 | 5 | 25.0 | Yes | Yes | 1 |
 |
Ionographer PD-22 | 7 000 | 0.03 | 1 200 | 8 | 35.0 | No | Yes | 1 |
 |
PD-3 Weather Analyzer | 1 300 | 0.06 | 1 200 | 5 | 35.0 | Yes | No | 1 |
- ↑ This refers to the kind of power provided by Breaking Ground generators.
Control Stations
| Image | Part | Cost ( ) |
Mass (t) |
Max. Temp. (K) |
Tolerance (m/s) |
Packed Volume (l) |
CommNet Tier | Power required[Note 1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Probodobodyne Experiment Control Station | 800 | 0.05 | 1 200 | 10 | 35.0 | 1 (500k) |
1 |
- ↑ This refers to the kind of power provided by Breaking Ground generators.
Generators
| Image | Part | Cost ( ) |
Mass (t) |
Max. Temp. (K) |
Tolerance (m/s) |
Packed Volume (l) |
Power produced[Note 1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Mini-NUK-PD Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator | 10 000 | 0.04 | 1 200 | 7 | 25.0 | 1-4 |
 |
OX-Stat-PD Photovoltaic Panel | 300 | 0.02 | 1 200 | 8 | 25.0 | 1-4 |
- ↑ This refers to the kind of power used by the Breaking Ground equipment. The power produced depends on the level of the engineer who deployed the generator.
Storages
Template:Stats Table BG Storages
Robotics
Cylinders
| Image | Part | Radial size | Cost ( ) |
Mass (t) |
Max. Temp. (K) |
Tolerance (m/s) |
Extension (m) |
max. Force (kN) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
1P2 Hydraulic Cylinder | Radial mounted | 50 | 0.052 (0.032) |
2 000 | 12 | 0.8 | 100 |
 |
1P4 Telescoping Hydraulic Cylinder | Radial mounted | 100 | 0.093 (0.048) |
2 000 | 12 | 2.4 | 100 |
 |
3P6 Hydraulic Cylinder | Radial mounted | 300 | 0.48 (0.16) |
2 000 | 12 | 1.6 | 800 |
 |
3PT Telescoping Hydraulic Cylinder | Radial mounted | 500 | 0.66 (0.30) |
2 000 | 12 | 4.8 | 800 |
- ↑ The cylinders can be configured to have a reduced force, in which case their mass is reduced linearly down to the minmum mass (given in parentheses).
Rotors
Template:Stats Table BG Rotors
Hinges
| Image | Part | Radial size | Cost ( )
|
Mass (t) |
Max. Temp. (K) |
Tolerance (m/s) |
Attachment node size | Max. Torque (kN) |
Electricity (⚡/s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
G-00 Hinge | Tiny, Radial mounted | 100 (50) |
0.02 (0.01) |
2 000 | 12 | Tiny | 50 | 1.3 |
 |
G-11 Hinge | Tiny, Radial mounted | 270 (120) |
0.14 (0.08) |
2 000 | 12 | Small | 200 | 5.3 |
 |
G-01L Alligator Hinge | Small, Radial mounted | 270 (120) |
0.14 (0.08) |
2 000 | 12 | Tiny | 200 | 5.3 |
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G-12L Alligator Hinge | Large, Radial mounted | 760 (360) |
0.52 (0.20) |
2 000 | 12 | Small | 800 | 21.3 |
 |
G-32W Hinge | Large, Radial mounted | 1 080 (480) |
0.88 (0.40) |
2 000 | 12 | Small | 1 200 | 32.0 |
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The hinges can be configured to have a reduced torque, in which case their mass and cost are reduced linearly down to the minimum values (given in parentheses). The max. electricity consumption is reduced linearly down to zero.
- ↑ These values are shown in the game as "kN", but the physically correct unit should be "kn * m". It is unknown whether this is just a misspelling or whether the actual values are wrong.
Controllers
| Image | Part | Radial size | Cost ( ) |
Mass (t) |
Max. Temp. (K) |
Tolerance (m/s) |
Electricity (⚡/s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
KAL-1000 Controller | Radial mounted | 1 000 | 0.01 | 2 000 | 8 | 0.1 |
Servos
Template:Stats Table BG Servos
Science
| Image | Part | Radial size | Cost ( ) |
Mass (t) |
Max. Temp. (K) |
Tolerance (m/s) |
Reach (m) |
Science value ratio | Electricity (⚡/s) |
Electricity consumption per scan (⚡) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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CRSY Light Scanning Arm | Radial mounted | 400 | 0.06 | 2 000 | 12 | 2 | 0.33 | 13.6 | 99.7 |
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SPRT Medium Scanning Arm | Radial mounted | 600 | 0.14 | 2 000 | 12 | 3 | 0.67 | 19.7 | 249.5 |
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OP-E Large Scanning Arm | Radial mounted | 800 | 0.30 | 2 000 | 12 | 4 | 1.00 | 26.8 | 500.3 |
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