The Pegasus-K

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Have you ever seen this rocket before?

It's the Pegasus XL, a rocket made by Orbital Sciences Corporation capable of carrying small payloads at LEO with an horizontal takeoff assisted with an airplane. It has only 3 stages and a weight of 18,5t. Its first stage is provided with two wings to have enough lift to get a sub-orbital trajectory.

Then I've made something similar in KSP called Pegasus-K inspired by

. The whole craft is made only with stock parts. I've used a plane with 7 engines and enough fuel to speed up into an altitude of 15 Km. The rocket payload can be customized as you wish with a probe or command pod.

A flight to get a communication satellite into a keostationary orbit:

Taking off from the KSC's runway and getting some speed.

Rocket drop and staging.

Enjoying the sub-orbital trajectory.

Getting into orbit, decoupling the payload and the third stage return.

After some maneuvers, in a keostationary orbit. The mission is a great success.

You can download the .craft file here.

Hope you enjoy it.

Edited June 21, 2015 by Guest