["Nice" Ksp Photos]

Here are a few images I took today in KSP.

The Laythe Express is on it's way!

Jool fly-by / retro assist on my way to Laythe

Laythe orbit with a Jool rise.

The Laythe Express on final for landing.

Duna Sunrise

Do the IKE hop!

KTV-1

KTV-2 with Munar Eclipse

Relay-1A - part of my geo-sync communications mesh. this was the first of the three Relay-"A" series launched and inserted. These were launched as support birds before I started my GPS constellation around Kerbin.

Mun-Sat-1A - First of my mapping and imaging birds launched to survey the Mun in 90 deg incllnation polar orbit

NOAA GOES-R or my best attempt at it..

One of the 32 (so far) GPS birds orbiting Kerbin,

On a sad note one of my Kerbals was killed on Laythe due to a landing strut failure. After Bartbe Kermin repaired the broke strut the whole ship shifted and the strut failed again causing the ship to crush him.

Other than the one lost Kerbal the mission was not in vain nor lost. the remaining crew collected a ton of science before planting a flag and heading back home.

[[0.90] TweakScale - Rescale Everything! (v1.50 - 2014-12-24 10:40 UTC)]

Apologizes if this topic has been covered but I couldn't be bothered with thumbing through 100 + pages of replies in this thread but here goes:

Ok I am having a small issue with this addon and other parts of other add-ons.

I cannot re-size any of the communications devices (Stock, Remote-Tech or Origami antennas and dishes). IDK if this is something you can look into or not but may prove useful to be able to re size them.

Another issue is with DMagic Oribtal Science. Note that NOT ALL of the science gadgets are affected only a few. The orbital telescope and magnetometer are a couple that are now microscopic in scale compared to what they are supposed to be and I cannot re-size them back up to normal.

Again this may be something you can look into if possible.

If there is a solution other than removing the mods I am all ears here for help.

Thank you.

[Show off your awesome KSP pictures!]

Economy Lifter:

this little multistage rocket utilizes the stock turbojet engines (6 of them and 6 intakes on 1:2 adapters) on 3 separate fuel tanks that are detached manually at around 20,000 meters. Stage 2 is an actual dual bell Vespa rocket engine from KW-Rocketry. Your payload (either a probe or small capsule with or without lander) is protected withing the farrings on top which are ditched around 40,000 meters.

This is the same rocket I use to launch and insert my polar orbiting type GPS birds and I have completed a mission to the Mun with this design. It was very close on fuel running out but I made it there and back on fumes.

I decided to build this as part of my "envelope pushing mission" to get things into orbit by being efficient.

When to ditch the turbojets is a thing you have to practice with, too soon and you may not have enough velocity and fuel to get you up. Ditch too late and they start flaming out and put your whole rocket out of control and even damage your rocket in the process..

Important to note that you should throttle the jet all the way back before staging them and firing your main engine.

On the pad. Go for launch!

Liftoff! Bill looking a little worried..

Staging the farings and Bill is on his way to space!

[GPS Constellation (WIP)]

This is just something I am working on in KSP. So far I have 16 Active polar orbiting GPS Satellites around Kerbin. The flight computer system is supported by 3 Geo-Sync relay satellites so at any given time each GPS bird has a communications lock with Mission Control from anywhere around their orbit.

the plan is to put 16 more in orbit on direct 108 deg orbits of the original 16.

So far I have 0, 45, 90, and 135 deg inc patterns up

One of the GPS birds in polar type orbit:

The Constellation so far:

Mods Used:

ActiveTextureManagement

KerbalGPS

KWRocketry

KSP Interstellar

Near Future Electrical

Near Future Solar

RemoteTech

I do have the GPS and Support Relay birds saved in game and can make them available if anyone wants them, Just let me know.