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Mission 147: Nozomi Maru flight 01 (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4) The uncrewed interplanetary freighter has returned to Kerbin orbit and docked to WiM-6 to refuel. Next year, it will carry more modules to the Duna system. Y38, D275 (orbit insertion) Mission 158: Jool Rabbit 2 Expendable two-stage Laythe lander with habitation for four Kerbals and an inflatable heat shield. Meant for longer duration stays compared to Jool Rabbit 1. Mass: 27630 kg Launch vehicle: Kappa-1b  Y38, D280 (launch) With upper stage/tug attached Mission 159: Negi Star flight 15 Carrying Jeb, Bill, Anelle, Camlorf, Valentina, Tiella, Bob, and Negy Kerman (best name) for the Jool 5 expedition. Launch vehicle: Kappa-1a Y38, D300 (launch)

Preparing for my first Jool 5 - docked the (relatively tiny) lander for Tylo and other airless moons ("Jool Rabbit 1") to the Negi Maru

Mission 157: Jool Rabbit 1 Lander (with only one command seat) for short excursions to the airless moons of the Jool 5 expedition. Ultimately designed to land on Tylo and return to orbit. For the rest of the moons, it is reusable when refueled, but it must expend the lower stage to return from Tylo's surface. Mass: 23577 kg Launch vehicle: Kappa-1b Y38, D260 (launch) Arriving at Negi Maru with transfer stage attached

The Tachi Maru arrives at Ike (Duna Rabbit 3 undocks) Establishment of Iwaki Base

Mission 156: WiM-9 Miner for the upcoming Jool 5 expedition, designed for Pol or Bop. Since solar panels are too weak there, mining is mostly reliant on fuel cells (with RTGs to get started). Mass: 40005 kg (at launch), 126305 kg (full) Launch vehicle: Kappa-1b Y38, D239 (launch) WiM-9 not docked, WiM-6 (Minmus miner) docked to Negi Maru Mission 153: Tachi Maru flight 01 (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4) Iwaki Base on Ike finally gets its first occupants. Y38, D256 (arrival at Ike) LKO population: 24 Mun population: 12 Minmus population: 12 Ike population: 6 Ike insertion burn

I used physics warp (x3 because it started to shake at x4). But for the Negi Maru, I do have to wait for the whole burn at x1 because it breaks at higher speeds.

Mission 155: Topaz-1 (Part 1, Part 2) Sarnus atmospheric probe, identical to Emerald-1. Mass: 20563 kg Launch vehicle: Kappa-1a Y38, D215 (launch) Y42, D356 (Sarnus orbit insertion) In over 4 years, the spacecraft will reach the ringed planet.

Mission 151: Song Princess 11a/b/c + Wish-6 (Part 1, Part 2) Duna observation and communications network established. Y38, D173 (Wish-6 arrival at Duna) Y38, D176 (Song Princess 11a arrival at Duna) Y38, D179 (Song Princess 11b arrival at Duna) Y38, D182 (Song Princess 11c arrival at Duna) Y38, D184 (final orbits)

A glimpse into the future - 2039-08-31 In 2016, the Hatsunese company Crypton Future Media Aerospace announced their project for the Development of Interplanetary Vehicle Architecture, with a spaceship that would be capable of traveling to all the planets in the solar system for a concert tour in 2039. In 2017, they also announced that they would build a theme park on Mars by the same year. If it can go anywhere in the Solar System, it can go to the Moon. Why orange? Because that is Crypton's "corporate color."

Mission 139: Project DIVA F / Negi Maru flight 01 (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4) The end of the first crewed expedition to Dres and back. Mission 154: Negi Star flight 14 Returning Camlorf, Haitrice, Tiella, Lemzor, Billy-Bobzor, Lidzi, Agaselle, and Anelle Kerman back to Kerbin. Y38, D159 (Negi Maru Kerbin orbit insertion and Negi Star launch) Y38, D160 (crew landing) Orbit insertion

The Emerald-5 probe made a landing on Tylo.

Mission 148: Emerald-5 (Part 1, Part 2) The orbiter/lander probe has finally arrived at Tylo, marking the end of the Emerald (Jool probes) program. Y38, D153 (Tylo orbit insertion) Y38, D156 (Tylo landing) The insertion burn started early, owing to Tylo's large gravity well and the relatively low thrust/weight ratio of the single nuclear engine.

Sending the first colonists to Ike on the Tachi Maru

Okay, here's a big update after playing around in RSS for a while. Mission 147: Nozomi Maru flight 01 (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4) Going home from Ike to Kerbin after deploying the base modules. Y37, D373 (Ike -> Kerbin transfer burn) Y38, D275 (arrival at Kerbin) Mission 149: Tachi Maru A Kerbin-Duna passenger liner using a similar cabin module to the Negi Maru, and a similar propulsion module to the Negi Maru and Nozomi Maru. Placed in a 500 km orbit and refueled by the WiM-6 Minmus miner. (Launch mass: 39150 kg, fully fueled mass: 53525 kg) Launch vehicle: Kappa-1b Y37, D390 (launch) Mission 150: Negi Star flight 13 Carrying Dantris, Virra, Hanly, Aniella, Thomul, and Vallinne Kerman to the Tachi Maru. Some KIS refueling equipment is brought along for the trip. Launch vehicle: Kappa-1a Y37, D410 (launch) Mission 151: Song Princess 11a/b/c + Wish-6 (Part 1, Part 2) Identical to SP-10a/b/c + Wish-5, these will provide the communications network for Duna and scout for potential sites for a base. Launch vehicle: Kappa-1a Y37, D420 (launch) Y38, D173 (Wish-6 arrival at Duna) Y38, D176 (Song Princess 11a arrival at Duna) Y38, D179 (Song Princess 11b arrival at Duna) Y38, D182 (Song Princess 11c arrival at Duna) Mission 152: Duna Rabbit 3 DR-1 was the first crewed Duna lander (Project DIVA 2nd), and DR-2 was the first crewed Ike lander (Project DIVA Extend). DR-1 was set to crash into Duna, but DR-2 was supposed to be left in orbit. KASDA had mysteriously lost contact with the latter, and decided to launch a new lander (identical to Dres Rabbit 1 or 2), which would be docked with the Tachi Maru before its transfer to Ike. Launch vehicle: Kappa-1a Y37, D421 (launch) Mission 153: Tachi Maru flight 01 (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4) Six Kerbals now make their journey to colonize Ike. The ship will take a slower path than expected due to the extra mass of the Ike lander. Y37, D421 (departure from Kerbin) Y38, D256 (arrival at Ike)

The Negi-2 launch vehicle launched various small testing and scientific satellites. 1965-10-12 - Tanryoku (淡緑, light green) was an engineering test satellite developed by students at the University of Miraito (light green being the school's official color) 1966-05-15 - Shinsei (新星, nova) analyzed the ionosphere and cosmic rays. 1966-12-07 - Ume (梅, plum) was another ionospheric analysis satellite. 1967-07-08 - Ajisai (紫陽花, hydrangea) was a geodetic satellite, measuring the shape of the Earth and its gravitational field.

List of Negi-1 and Negi-2 launches from 1964-08-31 to 1967-07-08 (these would not be the only Negi-2 launches) Images of the satellites launched after Neginohana:

Procedural Parts (I made a custom texture for the Negi rockets) and NEBULA decals.

There will be human landings on the Moon, space stations, and reusable rockets, but that's decades from now. Remember that the point of this is to emulate a slower, smaller space program than NASA or the Soviet space program.

I have retconned the first launch of Negi-2. Since HASDA is based on the Japanese space program, there will be a rocket similar to the N-I (a license-built version of the Delta rocket, but in Hatsunia there would be less licensing and associated restrictions due to it having ). The first test satellite of N-I was called "Kiku," or chrysanthemum, after Japan's national flower. I was planning to name the Hatsunese equivalent "Neginohana" (葱の花, green onion flower), until I realized that it should also be the name of test satellites launched on the Negi rockets. Thus, I had to redesign the satellite and its appearance. Also, the name of the liquid rocket engine on the third stage is LE-S1 for "Liquid Engine with Storable propellant"

1965-03-09 - The first launch of the Negi-2 rocket (maximum capacity of 300 kg to a 250-km LEO) with the "Tanryoku" test satellite

1965-03-09 - The first flight of the Negi-2 launch vehicle, with a maximum capacity of 300 kg to a low Earth orbit of 250 km. Almost all of its four stages used solid propellant, but the third stage used liquid propellants: UDMH (unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine) as the fuel, and IRFNA (inhibited red fuming nitric acid) as the oxidizer. Its first satellite was called "Tanryoku" (淡緑, pale green), a technology testing satellite developed by students at the University of Miraito (pale green being the school's official color, although the satellite itself wasn't that color). Tanryoku had a mass of 125 kg and was the first Hatsunese satellite to use solar panels. (Launch vehicle comparisons from now on will include a sample payload with "gold foil"-like insulation.) Total wet mass: 52729 kg (assuming no payload) Height: 22.9 m 1st stage diameter: 1.58 m 1st stage wet mass: 33634 kg 1st stage dry mass: 5451 kg 1st stage thrust: 1339 kN 1st stage burn time: 51.6 s Propellant: Solid Specific impulse: 250 s 2nd stage diameter: 1.58 m 2nd stage wet mass: 14550 kg 2nd stage dry mass: 2844 kg 2nd stage thrust: 539 kN 2nd stage burn time: 56 s Propellant: Solid Specific impulse: 263 s 3rd stage diameter: 1.58 m 3rd stage wet mass: 4329 kg 3rd stage dry mass: 542 kg 3rd stage thrust: 33.9 kN 3rd stage burn time: 4 m 58.5 s Propellant: IRFNA/UDMH Specific impulse: 272.5 s (note: 3rd stage engine config is slightly modified from the AJ10-118-D) 4th stage diameter: 0.439 m 4th stage wet mass: 165 kg 4th stage dry mass: 81 kg 4th stage thrust: 13.9 kN 4th stage burn time: 15.6 s Propellant: Solid Specific impulse: 263 s Fairing mass: 51 kg Launch images (retconned, the pictures below did not happen):

[RSS/RO] 1964-08-31 - Launch of the Negi-1 rocket carrying the first satellite of the Hatsunia Aerospace Science and Development Agency The satellite was called "HATSUNE" (High Altitude Test Satellite Utilizing New Experiments). It had a dry mass of 42 kg and carried instruments to detect micrometeorites and gravitational perturbations, along with telemetry equipment and a thermometer.

1964-08-31 - The first satellite of HASDA was launched on the Negi-1 rocket. It was called "HATSUNE" (High Altitude Test Satellite Utilizing New Experiments) and acted as the fourth stage of Negi-1. (Hatsune Miku now added to the comparisons) The satellite carried a micrometeorite and gravitational perturbation detectors, telemetry equipment, and a thermometer. [the probe core itself is a custom mesh] [Note that there is a bug in which the procedural SRBs keep playing the burning sound when loading in from the tracking station, but they don't produce thrust. Also, the nozzle disappears because the solid stage has no fuel.] Total wet mass: 22849 kg Height: 19.4 m 1st stage diameter: 1039 mm 1st stage wet mass: 14560 kg 1st stage dry mass: 2373 kg 1st stage thrust: 539 kN 1st stage burn time: 48.8 s Propellant: Solid Specific impulse: 220 s 2nd stage diameter: 1039 mm 2nd stage wet mass: 6065 kg 2nd stage dry mass: 1001 kg 2nd stage thrust: 239 kN 2nd stage burn time: 47.9 s Propellant: Solid Specific impulse: 231 s 3rd stage diameter: 1039 mm 3rd stage wet mass: 2019 kg 3rd stage dry mass: 535 kg 3rd stage thrust: 83.9 kN 3rd stage burn time: 40.0 s Propellant: Solid Specific impulse: 231 s 4th stage (HATSUNE) diameter: 350 mm 4th stage (HATSUNE) height: 1580 mm 4th stage (HATSUNE) wet mass: 193 kg 4th stage (HATSUNE) dry mass: 42 kg 4th stage (HATSUNE) thrust: 13.9 kN 4th stage (HATSUNE) burn time: 24.6 s Propellant: Solid Specific impulse: 231 s Fairing mass: 12 kg Launch images:

The Negi-G sounding rocket had a third stage. The second flight and onwards used a guided avionics package. Although this only increased the maximum altitude by 25% (without avionics), this rocket would be the final step before the launch of HASDA's first satellite. Total wet mass: 22646 kg (with avionics and no payload) Height: 21.5 m 1st stage diameter: 1039 mm 1st stage wet mass: 14560 kg 1st stage dry mass: 2373 kg 1st stage thrust: 539 kN 1st stage burn time: 48.8 s Propellant: Solid Specific impulse: 220 s 2nd stage diameter: 1039 mm 2nd stage wet mass: 6065 kg 2nd stage dry mass: 1001 kg 2nd stage thrust: 239 kN 2nd stage burn time: 47.9 s Propellant: Solid Specific impulse: 231 s 3rd stage diameter: 1039 mm 3rd stage wet mass: 2021 kg 3rd stage dry mass: 539 kg 3rd stage thrust: 83.9 kN 3rd stage burn time: 40.0 s Propellant: Solid Specific impulse: 231 s List of Negi-G launches from 1963-06-10 to 1964-05-23 SRP = Sounding Rocket Payload units Notable launches:

On 1962-10-01, the Hatsunia Aerospace Science and Development Agency was established, being spun off from the Hatsunia Science and Technology Agency. An orbital launch was planned to occur in less than two years. The Negi-F sounding rocket added a second stage to the Negi-E. The maximum achievable altitude was approximately doubled. Total wet mass: 20725 kg (with no payload) Height: 19.4 m 1st stage diameter: 1039 mm 1st stage wet mass: 14560 kg 1st stage dry mass: 2373 kg 1st stage thrust: 539 kN 1st stage burn time: 48.8 s Propellant: Solid Specific impulse: 220 s 2nd stage diameter: 1039 mm 2nd stage wet mass: 6165 kg 2nd stage dry mass: 1102 kg 2nd stage thrust: 239 kN 2nd stage burn time: 47.9 s Propellant: Solid Specific impulse: 231 s List of Negi-F launches from 1962-07-17 to 1963-03-20 SRP = Sounding Rocket Payload units Notable launches: