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Today we go to Duna! (after 336 hours)


blindcoder

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Hello everyone!

This is my first time ever sending a manned mission to Duna after 336 hours of playtime in Kerbal Space Program!


After a great start of launching and docking 4 payloads to my carrier and sending it to Duna the mission went Kerbal very quickly.
The first payload, which contains the communication satellites - got deployed by sheer force of rotation and couplers because they lack any kind of engine. These satellites were accidentally deployed into an orbit that intercepted Dunas moon, throwing them into weird and unpredictably orbits. This out-take will be part of another video.
The second and third payload get coupled together into what I call a "Double Bullet" for obvious reasons. The airshells of the payload look like two bullets glued together. This "Double Bullet" then descends onto Duna and decouples only after the parachutes have deployed and decelerated the payloads. This way they land less than 1 kilometer apart. The landing needs some improvement, though.
The last payload contains a rover and descends onto Duna before deploying a lot of parachutes for landing. By sheer luck, it flew above the first two payloads and landed less than 50 kilometers away.

Highlights:
All payloads docked
https://youtu.be/qOgzB_NgUKk?t=380
Circularisation at Duna
https://youtu.be/qOgzB_NgUKk?t=600

Deployment of satellites - without any engines
https://youtu.be/qOgzB_NgUKk?t=660

Creating the "Double Bullet"
https://youtu.be/qOgzB_NgUKk?t=963

Landing the "Double Bullet"
https://youtu.be/qOgzB_NgUKk?t=1477

Landing the rover
https://youtu.be/qOgzB_NgUKk?t=1700

Thank you for taking the time to read all this!

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