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2004 Upgrades In 2004, Kratos would receive upgrades to improve performance and capability. The changes are as follows. /A reduction of fairing weight /A more aerodynamic fairing to improve stability through max-Q /Improved Van Gogh engines providing additional thrust and increased isp at higher altitudes Any launch after May 4 2004 will have the upgrades

This image gives me serious BDB Kane vibes These parts look incredible benjee, 10/10

Few Starliner shots I picked up

WOW, this looks great! Is it made specifically for the BDB delta? And will the mobile service tower move?

Best. Plumes. Ever

If i could I would, but I deleted it cause the one I was thinking of making was WAY too complex and I could have never done it on my own. Sorry But I do have some images of the station that I never released, these might be useful if you wanna remake it.

Skylon # And some extra Apollo for fun

Hey everyone, been a while. I have no motivation to continue this and have been enjoying doing more varied missions, so for now, this series is cancelled. Sorry for the people who were excited to see what's next, and if you still want to see content I have a new project.

Would anyone know the altitude of geostationary orbit in 2.5x scale? I'm trying to put a few satellites up there and I can't seem to get it right. Also if anyone knows a system they use for reliably putting satellites into geostationary using mechjeb or something it would be much appreciated

I hope they got licensing lol Can't wait to start Red Orb-1 btw.

Mars International Surveillance Orbiter (MISO) & Pathfinder - 25 September 1992 Mission by @lemon cup In 1990, several major world powers have created the International Mars Committee. Its goal is to build a sustainable, large scale Mars mission architecture, with the first crew landing taking place before the year 2000. Hundreds of tons of hardware and propellant must be launched and landed on the surface. But before this can happen, the committee must select a landing sight. The Mars International Surveillance Orbiter (MISO) and the Pathfinder Lander will be launched together to accomplish this. MISO has a slew of advanced instruments designed to study the Martian terrain from orbit and find evidence of sub-surface water ice in the northern latitudes. Once teams have analysed the data, a site will be selected to deorbit Pathfinder, whereupon it will touch down and begin collecting data for future landings. NASA JPL and Ames Research Center's submitted an official launch request in 1991, before beginning construction of the probes. (MISO-Pathfinder in the White Room, May 1991) --------------------------------------------OFFCIAL LAUNCH REQUEST------------------------------------------------- On behalf of NASA JPL, and Ames Research Center. We hereby request the services of Arianespace for the launch and delivery of the MISO/Pathfinder payload to the desired orbit. -The payload must be launched into Low Earth Orbit on or close to September 25th, 1992 in order to make the upcoming Mars Transfer Window. It is preferred that LEO orbit is at or near the plane of the ecliptic (23.5 degrees) to maximize launch efficiency. -The launch vehicle third stage must provide all of the energy needed to attain Trans-Mars Injection. The payload's solid rocket stage motors may not be used until arrival at Mars. -All payload solar arrays and antennas must remain stowed until after arrival at Mars. These structures were not designed to withstand G-forces of solid motor firing while deployed, and will be damaged if deployed early. -The launch vehicle third stage must make as accurate of a TMI maneuver as possible. The payload has some small directional thrusters to fine tune the trajectory, but a large correction burn is not possible after separation from the third stage. Following separation from the launch vehicle, NASA Mission Control in Houston will assume control of the payload. Two engineering cameras allow the effects of launch on the probes to be studied: Launch: Loki has finished its burn, putting MISO-Pathfinder on a trans-Mars injection. Separation happens after 2 hours ,once systems have been tested and confirmed operational. MISO-Pathfinder coasts for the next 221 days. We have arrived. The IUS will be used at periapsis to place the pair of probes into a highly elliptical polar orbit. The two probes are separated. MISO will now carry on on its own and place itself into a circular orbit around 700km in altitude. Pathfinder will use the second IUS motor to place itself on a course for mars reentry, using as much as the thin atmosphere as possible to slow the lander down. The solar arrays and communication antenna are deployed 4 minutes after separation. MISO uses its propulsion system in a 16 minute burn to circularize. The propulsion system is discarded once final orbit is achieved, allowing deployment of the magnetometer boom and other experiments. MISO will begin operations after 5 days of communication and instrument testing. The main imager maps the surface. The secondary scanner searches for frozen water . After 2 weeks of careful observation, the Utopia Plantitia in the northeast hemisphere was selected as the landing zone for Pathfinder, it is due to touchdown in the coming weeks. Pathfinder coming soon...

Team KSRSS!

As well as a longer nozzle like the AJ-60

Have you ever thought of adding the new atlas GEM-63SRBs?

Light this candle.

Just stunning

Congratulations on the release! Could I post some images of this wonderful work?

Would we be able to get a white variant of the SIVB Instrument Unit?

Sshhhh… Nobody has to know…

Kratos has its own forum now, missions coming soon!

Kratos The Successor to Ariane IV Kratos ahead of her maiden flight Kratos is the newest launch vehicle developed and operated by Arianespace for the European Space Agency (ESA). Kratos will begin operations in 1991, and replace the Ariane IV. The Kratos-S (Standard) variant can carry up to 21 Metric Tons to LEO. For more demanding missions to further out destinations, such as a probe, the variant Kratos-E (Expanded) is available. The Kratos-E features a 3rd stage called "Loki" Named after the God of power; Kratos represents the strength, might and power of ESA. With a new launch capabilty, ESA aims to become a strong force in the launch market. Both Launchers have a long and short fairing variant, identified by an 'S' or 'L' following the Kratos type. For example: 'Kratos-SS' A standard Kratos with a short fairing 'Kratos-EL' An expanded Kratos with a long fairing The system was designed as an expendable heavy-lift space launch vehicle. Standing 68m tall and 5.4m wide, it is comparable to Atlas V, Ariane 5 and Proton rocket. The system is powered by hydrogen and oxygen. Now for the stats: First Stage: 10 Vulcain 2 engines with a combined thrust of 13590kN and a burn time of 103s. Second Stage: 6 HM7B engines with a combined thrust of 373.2kN and a burn time of 361s. Third Stage (Loki): 1 HM7B engine with a thrust of 62.2kN and a burn time of 748 s. This new launch vehicle features a more modern look than the previous Ariane rockets. Sleek white with the classic blue ESA colour for accents. This new launch vehicle is soon to hit the market and the launch pad too. And for the first time, you the readers will have a say in its future career... You can book a flight to launch your own mission on Kratos. As long as the mission is 1) Based in the real world 2) possible and plausible, I will launch it for free and make its own post on this forum. This idea allows me to share the magic of good looking rockets and ksp images to people who maybe cannot do it themselves. It also gives me something to launch, I'm tired of ore tanks lol So send me your missions, I can't wait to make them! Book here! PS: By the way, I go to school so getting the missions out could be a couple of days, or a couple of weeks, just depends how busy i am. PS PS: Timeline of launches is not chronological, could jump from 1995 to 2012 Mission List

Thanks! I made it with procedural parts/fairings and conformal texts for the details. I'd be delighted to launch a mission for you It is converted to human scale, its 3.75m in game and the same diameter as Ariane 5 in real life, fairing expands just a tiny bit so i can fit 3.75m payloads in there. They're integral like the proton, which I took a lot of inspiration from.

Happy new year everyone

Kratos The Successor to Ariane IV Kratos ahead of her maiden flight Kratos is the newest launch vehicle developed and operated by Arianespace for the European Space Agency (ESA). Kratos will begin operations in 1991, and replace the Ariane IV. The Kratos-S (Standard) variant can carry up to 65t to LEO. For more demanding missions to further out destinations, such as a probe, the variant Kratos-E (Expanded) is available. The Kratos-E features a 3rd stage called "Loki" provided by the UK Space Agency. The system was designed as an expendable heavy-lift space launch vehicle. Standing 72m tall and 5.4m wide, it is comparable to the falcon heavy of today (maybe? I'm not sure lol). The system is powered by methane and oxygen. Now for the stats: First Stage: 10 Van Gogh Engines with a combined thrust of 5533kN and a burn time of 141s. Second Stage: 3 Vacuum optimised Van Gogh engines which are not able to gimbal. 3 Monet Vernier engines for TVC. Third Stage (Loki): 1 Raphael engine without gimbal ability. RCS used for orientation. This new launch vehicle features a more modern look than the previous Ariane rockets. Sleek white with the classic blue ESA colour for accents. This new launch vehicle is soon to hit the market and the launch pad too. And for the first time, you the readers will have a say in its future career... You can book a flight to launch your own mission on Kratos. As long as the mission is possible and plausible, I will launch it for free and make its own post either on this forum or one specifically for this rocket. This idea allows me to share the magic of good looking rockets and ksp images to people who maybe cannot do it themselves. It also gives me something to launch, I'm tired of ore tanks lol So send me your missions, I can't wait to make them Book here EDIT: By the way, I go to school so getting the missions out could be a couple of days, or a couple of weeks, just depends how busy i am.