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Huh, these look pretty neat. Good job, OP.

Woah, ok. That's something I didn't know. Sorry for being a huge [redacted] in my earlier post then.

Kart isn't working on the ULA pack as far as I know. This is the second false "rumor" that has been spread on this thread. How about we stop that?

So do we have a confirmed scrub?

Oh man, I'm excited to see my launch vehicle get put to the test.

Status Update: 3/23/2016 As of today, 3/23/2016, HC Orbital Systems is on a small hold. Dev has been haulted for a short time due to less free time for both developers. I'm caught up with various IRL things, while @Joco223 has been taking some time to familiarize himself some more with blender. This of course means that we are very open to another set of devs. Thankjs man! It's an easy thing to pick up. If you want to help us out I can show you the ropes of it all. I'm just a beginner myself, after all. When we pick up development we're going to take a lot of time to polish everything up and get all kinds of stuff in our pack. Stock plumes will likely be included in the next update. I'm not too good with time, but I wouldn't expect this next update to come soon. Development will pick back up in April, and the next update could take as long as the end of April.

Pffft, everyone know kOS is the best. Hands down.

I heard that no one called me, I'm here anyway. ayyy @Mad Rocket Scientist

yo @ZooNamedGames

Thanks! A lot of credit should go to @Joco223, he does the modelling and texturing. Currently we're under a slight pause because I've been pretty caught up with IRL stuff. We'll be continuing development shortly.

Yeah, I agree. I think this should go in the Kerbal Network subfroum. My parts pack isn't getting too much attention. I'm not sure if it's just something the community isn't interested or if it's just not finished enough. I'm thinking about just waiting until I've got a bunch of content and move it on over to the Addon Releases subforum. Me finding reason to shamefully bump my post.

RP-1 (alternately, Rocket Propellant-1 or Refined Petroleum-1) is a highly refined form of kerosene outwardly similar to jet fuel, used as rocket fuel. Although having a lower specific impulse than liquid hydrogen (LH2), RP-1 is cheaper, stable at room temperature, far less of an explosion hazard and far denser. RP-1 is significantly more powerful than LH2 by volume. RP-1 also has a fraction of the toxicity and carcinogenic hazards of hydrazine, another room-temperature liquid fuel. Thus, kerosene fuels are more practical for many uses. RP-1 is most commonly burned with LOX (liquid oxygen) as the oxidizer, though other oxidizers have also been used. RP-1 is a fuel in the first-stage boosters of the Soyuz-FG, Zenit, Delta I-III, Atlas, Falcon 9, Antares and Tronador II rockets. It also powered the first stages of the Energia, Titan I, Saturn I and IB, and Saturn V. ISRO is also developing a RP-1 fueled engine for its future rockets.[2] During and immediately after World War II, alcohols (primarily ethanol, occasionally methanol) were the single most common fuel for large liquid-fueled rockets. Its high heat of vaporization kept regeneratively cooled engines from melting, especially considering that alcohols would typically contain several percent water. However, it was recognized that hydrocarbon fuels would increase engine efficiency, due to a slightly higher density, the lack of an oxygen atom in the fuel molecule, and negligible water content. Whatever hydrocarbon was chosen, though, would have to replicate alcohol's coolant ability. Many early rockets had burned kerosene, but as burn times, combustion efficiencies, and combustion-chamber pressures grew, and as engine masses shrank, the engine temperatures became unmanageable. Raw kerosene used as coolant would dissociate and polymerize. Lightweight products in the form of gas bubbles, and heavy ones in the form of engine deposits, then blocked the narrow cooling passages. The coolant starvation raised temperatures further, accelerating breakdown. This cycle would escalate rapidly (i.e., thermal runaway would occur) until an engine wall ruptured. This occurred even with the entire flow of kerosene used as coolant. Rocket designers turned to the fuel chemists to formulate a heat-resistant hydrocarbon. The specification was completed in the mid-1950s.

I think it would be cool if this mod also showed the fire texture during reentry. To expand upon that idea, I've always thought that both the look and sound of reentry is disappointing. When some sort of debris burns up in the atmosphere in Realism Overhaul, it always catches on fire first. I wish this was something that could happen during reentry. I'm honestly surprised that no one has ever tried to make reentry sound better. Is that possible? Because right now reentry sounds like: *AGGRESSIVE BREATHING* ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Anyway, that's my thoughts. Would it be at all possible for you to add the fire to the reentry sequence?

Looks 135% more official now.

I like it regardless. You should write them in this font.

I feel like this might be edging on role play, but it's pretty cool regardless.

The download link is up. HC Orbital has taken all measures to assure that rocket failures are extremely unlikely. I did try that once, but it didn't recognize 4 of the mods so I didn't wanna mess anything up. Will my vehicle be used for the upcoming manned launch?

@Dman979 It used the obvious, RSS/RO. Proc. Parts, and Soviet Engines. Dropbox is being a little funny, so hold on with me during these technical difficulties.

Working on getting it uploaded.

Say hello to... Solaris I A launch vehicle developed by HC Orbital This rocket should get you to orbit with fuel to spare. If needed, 2nd stage fuel tanks can have lowered fuel levels. Download

It might take manual adjustments, however. I had to point down to keep my time to AP down so I didn't end up in a highly eccentric orbit.

It's in that range. I would say slightly more because I have to be able to spare some Delta V in order to keep the vehicle below 3 Gs You'll have a little bit of room for error.

I've got a rocket that just did it's first test flight. It's Herox I without the 3rd stage propulsion system. With some good flying this should get you to a nice orbit with a little bit of Delta V to spare in case something goes wrong. This booster will give you a ride to orbit, space craft is recommended to have an onboard propulsion system for final orbital adjustments and a de-orbit burn. Right now I'm finishing up stuff and getting screenshots uploaded. Will report back with album soonTM.

I don't, but if you really need one I'll really work on it.

Alright. You guys do have a booster. Tell me if you need something.