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Worked today on a new launch tower for my R-7 variants....and works :-) how do you like it ?

Thor Able – Pioneer 0; August 17,1958 Suposed to go into orbit around the moon, but Thor launcher exploded due to a failing of turbopump bearing 73.6 seconds after lift-off. Launcher:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thor_(rocket_family); http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/thorable.htm Payload:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneer_0 Instructions Basic information Probe has no solar panels and no generator on board, only batt power(!) Do not spend time in Kerbin orbit –set your launch timing optimised for an TLI immediately after reaching orbit. Once reaching mun activate probe with „1“ there is enough energy for at least two mun orbits. press „T“ to activacte ASAS press „0“ to activate tower stage for activation of engine rev to 100% power stage for lift off throttle down to minimum acceleration between 1000m and 10000m increase thrust to 100% once passing 10000m turn to a 90° heading and slowly to a 45° upwards angle stage away booster after burnout wait for apoapsis and fire Able-upperstage for orbit around kerbin stop engine once orbiting Kerbin and wait for TLI Fire upper stage at TLI until burnout stage away upper stage completition of TLI can be don with probes RCS if necessary brake for mun orbit with RCS – enough RCS fuel for a very low mun orbit available activate probe with „1“ (light/sensors) you can deorbit the probe into the mun prior to loss of energy or it will orbit forever.... Launch should be timed for a optimum mun position - so that you not spend time in kerbin orbit booster separation wait for apoapsis and fireAble-upperstage for orbit leaving Kerbin after TLI meeting mun nice pic ehh....

JunoI - Explorer1, Feb. 1st,1958 Firs tUS satellite; operational for 111 days; in orbit until March 31st;1970; detected van Allen radiation belt. Launcher1st stage: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juno_I second stage: 11 x MGM-29; third stage: 3 x MGM-29; fourth stage: 1xMGM-29:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MGM-29_Sergeant Payload: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explorer_1 Instructions BasicInformation Without reliable liquid upper stage Wernher von Brown constructed clustered solid rocket upper stages that burned six seconds each stage (i simulate that with separatrons). PS: Explorer 1 started 22:48 eastern @ LC-26 / Cape – therefore wait for sunset until launch (!) press “T†to activate ASAS press “1†to activate tower, light, instrruments stage for activate engines rev up to 100% thrust stage to lift off reduce acceleration to minimum between 1000m and 10000m rev up to 100% power after passing 10000m and start grav turn to ~20° heading and 45° upwards trajectory change your upwards trajectory to 25° when reaching 500m/s change your upwards trajectory to 10° when reaching 1000m/s after burnout first stage, stage away booster correct your trajectory to 33° and wait for apoapsis when reaching apoapsis fire, stage away and correct trajectory to 33° each stage - two, three and four - in short order. Ramp at daylight...wait for sunset ready for liftoff liftoff When passing 10000m engine rev up to 100%, turn towards 20° heading andupwards trajectory to 45° Engine100%, upwards trajectory to 25° when reaching 500m/s Engine100%, upwards trajectory to 10° when reaching 1000m/s Waitfor apoapsis until fire upper stages fire2nd stage fire3rd stage fire4th stage Explorer1 in orbit

Small note: Gemini-Gemini never docked. They had the Agena-docking target for this task. During Gemini 76 they trained to rendevouz and then they flew side by side and/or around each other but no docking between Gemini capsules did ever happen - this was not possible because of tecnical reasons.

Sputnik1 - 8K71PS „Sputnik1“ was the first human made artifical satellite of planet earth. With a mass of 83kg it was launched by a Version of the R7 intercontinental ballistic missile (also known as „Semyorka“ what meant something like "GoodOld Number Seven") on Oct. 4Th1957 by the USSR. It was launched into a 65,1° inclination at 947x228km orbit. Transmitter/batteries worked until Oct. 26Th 1957. Satellite burned up during rentry on Jan. 4th1958. Launcher:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sputnik_(rocket) Payload:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sputnik_1 Videowith sound: http://youtu.be/qvPzUAeWZZY?t=57s Instructions Basic information: Missileis a 1 ½ stage launcher without upper stage. You have to acchieve orbit with the center stage by steering only and one burn only. You are not allowed to stop and restart the engines - this was not possible with the technics of 1957 (!) Press „T“ to activate ASAS stage to engage engines rev up to 100% engine power and stage for lift off when you reach 2/3 engine power during rev up reduce acceleration to minimum between 1000-10000m rev up again after passing 10000m start grav turn to a 65° heading and 45° upwards trajectory stage when boosters are empty correct your trajectory again to a 65° heading reduce engine rev to 1/3 turn your rocket „nose down“ to a -15° angle (below the horizont) and keep the 65° heading change your sight to orbital with „M“ look closely at your orbit path – when periapsis get visible stop engines when reaching 65~66km periapsis. change sight with „M“ again stage for releasing satellite press „1“ for satellite activation You should now stay in a ~68km to 200km+ orbit with 65° inclination. You have battery power for about 24 orbits and your orbit height will be reduced slowly until it decays The first turn after passing 10km height: 65° heading and 45° upwards trajectory with 100% power UPDATE 28th, April 2013 new craft file: The second turn after staging away boosters and rev down to 1/3 power: 65° heading and nose down to -15° with 30% power stop engines when reaching 65~66km periapsis. Sputnik 1 in an orbit that will slowly decay.

Yes but i was also asked for things like the A-12 "America Rocket" and so on.....therefore i selected the Bumper as a real flown research rocket and thats all i will include from the "Aggregat Family".

RTV-G-4 Bumper High altitude, high speed research, two-stage research (launching, high speed separation) rocket based on V-2 Somebody within the forum (prior to the crash) asked to include V-2/A-4.....here it is. (Sorry further "what if" rockets i will not include, only real historic things that realy flew) - In use from May 1948 to July 1950 - First two stage rocket - First rocket launched from “The Cape†- Launcher: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RTV-G-4_Bumper - First stage: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-2_rocket - Second Stage: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WAC_Corporal Instructions - Press “1†to activate rocket and tower - Press “T†to activate ASAS - Set thrust to 100% - Stage to liftoff - After burnout first stage, activate second stage (you have to steer manually!) Hope you like the tower ;-) Nice at night also…..

Prefix: Because of the forum chrash all the previus "Acient Launchers" postings are lost. I will try to restore as much as possible informations within the next days or so. ------- The intention of "Ancient Launchers" ist to rebuild some historic space missions with KSP vanilla parts only. Where possible the crafts should look alike and work alike the historic original - same staging events, etc. Some things cant be done with stock parts right now, no photo, no video, no two-crew capsule, limited sensor aray, limited engine range (gap between 200 and 1500, etc.) Critics, hints, notes are very welcome. If you find some failures or if you can improve craft file for better historic performance, please PM me. Download Link: http://kerbalspaceprogram.com/0-19-ancient-launchers-stock/ Experienced players probably could play that files without the help off add-ons But if you wish you can add tools for help. My prefered tools are: Kerbal Engineer Redux: http://kerbalspaceprogram.com/0-18-1-kerbal-engineer-redux-v0-5/ Protractor: http://kerbalspaceprogram.com/protractor-for-ksp-0-18/ Hydrotech autopilot: http://kerbalspaceprogram.com/hydrotech-rcs-autopilot/ Maneuver Node Improvement: http://kerbalspaceprogram.com/maneuver-node-improvement/ Links to craft description and staging infos: - RTV-G-4 Bumper (first two stage rocket, first launch from "The Cape"), May 1948 to July 1950 - Sputnik – PS8K71PS (first USSR Satellite), Oct. 4th, 1957 [new craft file as of april 28th / more bat power, bats less visible] - Juno I – Explorer 1 (first US Satellite), Feb. 1st, 1958 - Thor-Able - Pioneer 0 (unsucessfull USA moon orbiter), August 17, 1958 - Thor-Agena - KH1 to KH4B "Corona"/KH-5 "Argon"/KH-6 "Lanyard", 1959-1963 (series of US strategic reconnaissance satellites) - Luna 8K72 - Luna 3 (USSR moon flyby, first pics of the far side of the moon), Oct 1959 [new craft file as of april 28th] - Vostok-K 8K72K (Yuri Gagarins ship), April 12, 1961 [new craft file as of april 28th] - Little Joe, 1959-1960 - Mercury – Redstone (Al Shepards ship), 1961-62 - Atlas - Agena B - Ranger, 1961 to 1965 (US moon impact probes) - Thor-Delta–Telstar 1, July 10th, 1962 - Mercury – Atlas (John Glenns ship), 1962-1963 - Atlas Agena D - Mariner 4 (first successfull Mars flyby), 1964-1965 - Titan II GLV – Gemini, 1965-1966 - Atlas LV-3 – Agena Target Vehicle, 1965-66 - Soyuz 11A511 (early Soyuz 3 crew ship) - Soyuz-FG 11A511-U (late Soyuz 3 crew ship) - Apollo LLRV (Lunar Landing Research Vehicle), 1964 -1971 - 8K78M „Molnya-M“- 3MV „Zond/Venera“, 1964-1972 - Atlas Centaur AC-10 - Surveyor 1 (USA moon lander), 1966 - Saturn V / Apollo 11 (...play it again, Sam....), 1969 - Saturn V / Apollo 17 (LM with rover), 1971-72 - Proton D1e - Luna 16 (USSR moon sample return probe), September 1970 - Proton D1e - Lunochod (USSR moon rover), 1970 & 1973 - Proton K - Salyut 1, 1971 (worlds first space station) - Atlas Centaur AC-27 - Pioneer 10, 1972-2003 - Skylab & Saturn IB, 1973-1979 (new file, thanks to "iDan122") - Atlas Centaur 34 - Mariner 10, Nov 1973 - Mar 1975 - Titan IIIE–CentaurD - Viking 1, Aug 20, 1975 to Nov. 13, 1982 [first successfull Mars lander] - Zenit Fobos-Grunt, November 9th, 2011 to (August 2014), sadly a mishap - LongMarch 2E - Optus B2, (1990 to 1995 comsat delivery rocket of chinese origin) Tried to build it as historical exact as possible only with stock parts. Ships have launch excape and/or retro systems. ships hav about the same performance as the original ancient rocket. and now....learn to fly them.... :-) ---------- Things to come MIR space station Status: full dress rehearsal running Online :shortly oh yeah Status: beta testing the sevent version o the fifth full redesign.....still not statisfied Online: some day

A team of the university of Geneva discovered a planet orbiting Alpha Centauri B - our neigbour solar system. Its "only" 4 lightyears distance - "around the corner" compared to usual space distances.... The earth size body revolves Alpha Centauri B every three day(!) and is therefore much to close for habitating life. http://www.sciencecodex.com/alpha_centauri_b_planet_found_in_nearest_star_system_to_earth-100289 the fastest human made object by now was the helios 2 space probe - 70km/s one would need something like 30.000 km/s to reach the Alpha Centauri B system within about 45 years....sounds strange ? what do you think - could that be the target that inspires "the next step" that enables speeds like this ?

DynaVolt Panel issue I modded the panels as mentioned in the Folding Panels Guide The panels turn towards the sun But theyr behavior i like they are fixed - panels only collect power if i turn the whole ship - and the turning of the panels itself has no influence at all. any suggestions ?

Name a geographic feature Name: Rimae Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin Latitude: 56°2' 50'' N Longitude: 39° 1' 31'' E Altitude: ~1.000m Celestial body: Mun Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin was the first human leaving earths gravity as he completed an orbited of Earth with his Vostok 1 capsule on Apri 12th 1961. He died on March 27th 1968 during a training flight with a MiG-15UTI at lat 56° 2' 48''N lon 39°1' 35''E. The cause of the crash is not entirely certain but complex meteorological conditions, outdated weather informations and supersonic air trafic nearby seems to be playing a part that Gagarin and his Flight Instructor Vladimir Seryogin where not able to recover from the super-critical flight regime they entered.

HOLY MONSTER.....with a on man pod....lol......the mother of all launchers...hahaha

to those who did'nt come back @ Arlington National Cemetry, Section 46 near the tomb of the unknowns

My wishlist - more detailed part list in VAB/SPH - docking - life support system modules (electricity, oxygen, water, food) - capsules fitted with the usual basic control and reentry thrusters and heath shield. - flight data telemetry and recording

Wold mak sense to separate the payload from the booster - but right now i do not know such an option.

I use it most of the time of every flight. But some things i can do better than mechjeb i will do alone.

there are several look at the map i made with the mapsat plugin http://kspwiki.nexisonline.net/kspw/images/8/83/Isa_mapsat_mun_map800.gif avoid the red an yellow areas and try spots where there is a large area of the same colour.

if you like the demo. then $18 for the full is well worth the money. there is so much more you can do allredy now! and will be more and more as updates comming in several times a year. Its a strong buy!

you need a addon or plugin with a unmanned pod Like in the MMI sattelite pack http://kerbalspaceprogram.com/forum/showthread.php/13692-Mechanical-Mouse-Industries-Kethane-Payload-Packs-Released%21%21%21 or in the nova punch parts mix (lot of parts) http://kerbalspaceprogram.com/forum/showthread.php/3870-0-16-NovaPunch-Remix-Pack-1-3-Beta-%28Sept-7th%29-Requires-0-16

Because of the release of NovaPunch 1.3 http://kerbalspaceprogram.com/forum/showthread.php/3870-0-16-NovaPunch-Remix-Pack-1-3-Alpha-%28Sept-4th%29-Requires-0-16 and Zoxygene 0.7 http://kerbalspaceprogram.com/forum/showthread.php/8949-PLUGIN-PART-0-16-Zoxygene-%28Life-Support%29-mod-v0-7-%2812-09-05%29 maro design bureau gmbh modified the Aagaeon A199 to the new standards. The update slightly decreases TWR but added a more powerfull Zoxygene system with two large batteries and two fuel cells for emergenca situation and prolonged orbits on the dark side of Kerbin. The recertification flight test went well without troubles. Mission target was a old Comsat in Kerbostationary orbit 90° west of KSC that needed some services. Launch and KSO insertion went well as also RCS navigation, EVA and deorbit using aerobraking. Ship starts tumbling during last part of descent, but stabilises well on parachute and systems below capsule will detach during opening of chute enabling safe landing speeds. System certified and released for flight operations in KSP.

Looks realy heavy... Whats your TWR on the pad ?

nice !!!!!!

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Arobraking you can do, if you want go into orbit of a planet with atmosphere, comming from another celestrial body. And the "gain" of that feature is, you do not need fuel for that braking, only for steering to hit the exact - slight - angle. So you came in with a hell of a speed - several 1.000m/s - interplanetary probably also in the 10.000m/s region - and you do not have the fuel and the powerfull engine to slow down for a low orbit - or you want save this fuel for further actions (flight back)...therefore aerobraking. You get it for free. But in reality you would need a heatshield or a other speacial design or you can do it very gently. Its very challenging in reality. Because if you are to shallow it could spit you out on a total wrong course. If you go too deep you are doomed and gravity will bring you down finally.

And here is the next ship of my Aagaeon class rockets, the " Aagaeon A239". It has the same qualities (an limitations) and same plugin requirement as A199, but with 11% more Delta-V. The basic design allows for simple upgrades of the booster stage. Had two launches without any problems, and after the first two staging events everything else is tested well. A239 is able to fulfill "Apollo 8" style missions to Mun and Minmus and rendezvous in Mun and Minmus orbit, and i did also some aerobraking training with it. Therefor you can make any orbital maneuver within the Kerbin system you want to practice. Found out that it handles very realistic, because you would need prolonged burn times (several minutes) for orbiting, deorbiting the upper stage at Mun. Apollo 8 burned 4min and 6 seconds for orbit insertion and the upper stage of A239 needs about the same time and full thrust to rise and lower in and out. Delta-V Budget and TWR of A239 LED retros: 514m/s @ TWR: 1,17 LED liquid: 461m/s @ TWR: 0,41 Upper stage: 1.477m/s @ TWR: 0,07 Center Stage: 1.875m/s @ TWR: 1,88 Booster Stage 2: 1.134m/s @ TWR: 1,50 Booster Stage 1: 1.725m/s @ TWR: 1,74 ------------ Total Delta-V budget of A239: 7.186m/s