Kerbiter

It's still going. Expect another chapter soon.

Dear @ZooNamedGames, We have completed the Gus Kerman Memorial Flight, and a satellite built in-house for the near-Kerbin object research has been deployed. The new Raptor 9 and Komodo [the prototype launched on SSM-M14 will now be designated Komodo-M for Mini] will now begin production and integration. Would you like to pitch in maybe a resupply contract for the station? This Komodo has a full size Clamp-O-Tron standard docking port. - Elon Kerman, SpaceY CEO, and co-founder of KPal

THAT INFORMATION IS TOP SECRET, CIVILIAN. WAIT UNTIL I SHOW YOU THE THING, THEN YOU WILL KNOW.

SpaceY Inc. - Cheaper. Better. Quicker. Today we did the last flight of the Raptor 1. This rocket retired for the deployment of the GUS satellite built in-house by our engineering and scientific teams across the United Provinces, tracking near-Kerbin objects for protection of our Kerbonauts. The flight was marked as Raptor 1 Flight 4, or the Gus Kerman Memorial Flight. The last Raptor 1 rocket from near the launch pad. [SpaceY] At T-10 minutes we did a 1 minute moment of silence to commemorate Gus Kerman for his courage. The strongback was malfunctioning and did not retract, but enough clearance was there for the rocket to clear it. The rocket lifted off at noon. The last Raptor 1 lifting off from the SLC-2 pad. [SpaceY] The rocket roared as loud as it ever had been, the "Kiwi" engine roaring very loudly against the crowd of around 500 Kerbals, consisting of our employees, KSC staff, the family of Gus Kerman, among others. The Raptor 1 performing its pitch maneuver for the last time. [SpaceY] The onboard cameras were performing as usual and were transmitting well. Everything was going as planned. The Raptor 1 for the last time burning its Kiwi engine, from onboard cameras. [SpaceY] The first stage burnt through, and a new chase camera, C02, captured a never-before seen view of the rocket for Kerbals watching at home to gaze at. The last Raptor 1 seen from a new chase camera. [SpaceY] The first stage separated at usual timing. The second stage, due to vibrations from the interstage separation, hovered around the guidance computer's preferred spot through "Beagle" engine startup. However the entire burn was observed to be completely nominal. The second stage "Beagle" engine burning during its last burn. [SpaceY] Finally, the "Beagle" engine cutoff for the final time, and the Raptor 1 finished its farewell, deploying GUS to do its job. The GUS satellite deployed, with rigorous spin stabilization. [SpaceY] Next progress report, I, Elon Kerman, will unveil the second SpaceY launch vehicle. Its name is Raptor 9. And it will fly like nothing you've ever seen before. Keep submitting those payloads, and that is it for the progress report. - Elon Kerman, CEO of SpaceY and co-founder of KPal

A NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR I just finished building the Raptor 9, the actual Komodo, did a static fire, and then launched it. The static fire will be implemented the next couple progress reports, while the Komodo launch will take place a couple progress reports after that. Sincerely, - Kerbiter, known as the 2nd-level Kraken to the Kerbals

SpaceY Inc. - Cheaper. Better. Quicker. We will be soon announcing our new larger launch vehicle. This will be carrying heavier payloads into LKO and KTO. Because of size and mass issues, some of your payloads will be on this new vehicle. Apologies for the delays. Also, we will unveil the actual complete version of the Komodo, because the prototype was a smaller one to test systems. Keep submitting your payloads, and that is it for the announcement. - Elon Kerman, SpaceY CEO, and co-founder of KPal

Dear @ZooNamedGames, We greatly grieve the loss of Gus Kerman. We would like to do a Gus Kerman Memorial Flight as the last flight of Raptor 1 (before that, possibly 1-2 flights). We would like you to build a small, lightweight near Earth object finder. This satellite should be able to determine what danger meteors or similar rocks could be to any Kerbal in LKO. It shall be nicknamed GUS in dedication of the brave Kerbal. Sincerely, - Elon Kerman, SpaceY CEO, and co-founder of KPal

Our engineers thought you didn't have to take it out of the case. We'll take it out and put it inside the fairing completely unexposed. - Elon Kerman, CEO of SpaceY and co-founder of KPal

Krakenspeed Gus.

SpaceY Inc. - Cheaper. Better. Quicker. Today our Board of Directors decided to create a Suborbital Division. This division was created to supply tourists trips and microgravity research into space. We have hired Jeff Kerman, CEO of Kerbazon, the well-known online shopping gridsite, as Director of the SpaceY Suborbital Division. He will hire a team to create a suborbital rocket for tourism and microgravity research. That is it for the progress report. - Elon Kerman, CEO of SpaceY and co-founder of KPal

SpaceY Inc. - Cheaper. Better. Quicker. A company operating communication satellites called Oxygen ZK Perfect Inc. asked us to fly a communications satellite of theirs, ZKSAT-2, to keostationary transfer orbit. They provided us with the satellite and a "Thunder" tug module created by Usscosmos, the Ussari space agency. This was the first launch at SLC-2, and thus had huge fanfare. The flight is designated as Raptor 1 Flight 3. The Raptor 1 on its third flight, with the ZKSAT-2, on the launch pad, standby for strongback retractment. [SpaceY] This was the first flight with the brand new large-size payload fairing. We launched at around before noon. KMAX offered to make a film about the Raptor 1 and reserved for a camera rig to be installed for this launch. It got a great shot. A KMAX camera's view of the ZKSAT-2 launch. [SpaceY, KMAX] The rocket roared against the green wheat at the space center. It was a nice view. The rocket from near the launch complex after liftoff. [SpaceY] Our onboard cameras picked up great footage as usual. We could see the facilites of SLC-2 among other things. A view from the camera on the third Raptor 1. [SpaceY] The chase cameras also got a good shot. The operators of the chase cameras will be handing over the footage soon, so all we have are the transmitted footage. A view from a chase camera a few miles from the pad, during Raptor 1 Flight 3. [SpaceY] First stage burnout and separation were as normal as in previous flights. The second stage ignited as usual and ran for the usual time. A view from the second stage onboard camera. It is said that the first stage is visible here. [SpaceY] The mass of the payload was unprecedented, and was around 1.5 tons (including the "Thunder" tug module). The LV-900 "Beagle" engine was operating at full thrust. The second stage during its first burn on Flight 3. [SpaceY] The fairing separated when the craft reached 50km in altitude, thanks to a script in the flight computer developed in-house by our programming team. The ZKSAT-2 after fairing separation. [SpaceY] The second stage and satellite stayed in a 100km parking orbit for about 12 minutes before the second burn began. The second burn was observed nominal, and then the satellite was deployed 1 minute after the burn. The ZKSAT-2 deployed from the Raptor 1's second stage. [SpaceY] Sadly, the satellite's thrusters put it into an orbit that would not keep it in a stable position above Kerbin. Therefore it will only be used for global emergency services, not for Zakanese tentacle cartoons. This was fault of the inferior flight computers of the satellite (only a bit worse than our flight computers built inhouse by our engineering and programming teams). The Raptor 1 performed a great first GTO flight, but the satellite will only be used for its secondary task. Keep submitting your payloads, and that is it for the progress report. - Elon Kerman, SpaceY CEO, and co-founder of KPal

PALER BLUE DOT. Gene: Look out your window, the USS Vulcan Jeb: Hey look! *Kerbals fight for the window to look* Gene: Now within crane range *crowd outside mission control starting to cheer* Gene: Crane just above grapple node Gene: Crane going down Gene: We have capture *crowd goes crazy and everyone hugs each other in mission control* Gene: Crane going up and to the ship Jeb: We copy, we feel the crane moving and stopping Gene: Crane is lowering to the floor of the ship Gene: We have contact and crane degrapple *everyone cheers really mad* Crowd: KRAKENSPEED! Crowd: KRAKENSPEED! Crowd: KRAKENSPEED! Woo! Gene: What are you waiting for, get out! Jeb: We have to get out Jeb: Let me ope-WHOAAA! Jeb: I've never seen a hatch like this in my life! Jeb: It goes out and up! Whoa! Jeb: Come on *Kerbals get out* Robin, president of United Provinces: I guess I have to close it last *Robin closes hatch* Xander: Where's that guy? Koro: Over there! Landon Jones, chief of SETI: Oh hey! Landon: Knew you'd be here! Landon: Xand, your infrared camera Xander: Look at this! Xander: I'm keeping it Landon: Let's get to the plane *points to Gulfstream jet on the USS Vulcan* Landon: You'll just sit in the back, we have a trained pilot taking us to Cape Canaveral Landon: Come on! *Kerbals and Landon run to the plane* Landon: Get in one by one Landon: Brother! Fly this the greatest you can! Brett Jones, Pilot: Got it! *thumbs up* *Brett plays safety video* *bla bla bla who cares we've been through this* Brett: Seatbelt sign on! *everyone puts their seatbelts on* Brett: Get ready! *plane takes off* Xander: Nice jet Xander: Nice wings Jeb: Ahem Jeb: 9/10 very good jet plane Brett: We're about half an hour from the Cape HALF AN HOUR LATER Brett: Touchdown! Brett: Brakes! Gene: We did it guys!

The mod list is for mods that are used for any LVs.

Yes, you can create whatever you want! Just make sure it's tiny and lightweight.

Thanks but we already have one.

Dear @adsii1970, We have noticed of your artistic resources. We would like bigger decals for our rockets. We can currently only have small decals. We need something like a vertical version of our logo. Example: S P A C E Y Our Raptor 1 rocket is 1.25m diameter. It would also be nice to have "Raptor" and "Komodo" decals for those respective vehicles. Thanks in advance, - Elon Kerman, SpaceY CEO, and co-founder of KPal

Magic The Kraken...

Well good for you. But at least you need only one person to say "liftoff".

I think you guys should have a launch commentator. Someone who does the countdown and talks about stuff regarding the rocket. I heard liftoff 6 different times on the last stream, you definitely need a launch commentator. I'm not up for it, find someone to do it.

SpaceY Inc. - Cheaper. Better. Quicker. The Komodo was succesfully launched on SSM-M14. Komodo deployment was nominal and it went to its 500km orbit. BUT the orbiter Nomad lost good contact with Komodo, got hit by meteors, and the craft is stuck in orbit. Luckily we can have handover of operations and perform a landing in the ocean as an abort maneuver. This will be an important test of the Komodo parachutes. Our pad got eaten by the Kraken. But luckily there was the SLC-2 launch pad at the Kerbal Space Center, which was leased to the pesky C7 Aerospace Rocket Division. The lease expired, gladly the last launch by the C7 fiends was a failure. Their unreliable patch-together solid rocket boosters cutoff and separated prematurely, and collided with the rest of the poorly built rocket. The C7 fiends with their rocket blowing up. [C7 Aerospace Rocket Division] A few days later, we set for a 50-year lease of SLC-2. We will now build new mating structures for the Raptor 1 rocket. KSC Leader of Facility Operations, Laci Kerman, and I came to the pad to sign the deal. A bunch of people showed up, mostly KSC officials and SpaceY employees. I brought her in my fancy car, the Nikola Mk1, with nice curves. Laci and Elon Kerman ready to get the SLC-2 in SpaceY's hands. [SpaceY] We will now continue all launch operations at these facilities. We would like for more payload submissions so we can launch them. Since this site is on the equator, we can more easily do geostationary launch missions with future launch vehicles. We hope all is doing well for our payload suppliers and our fellow space companies. That is it for the progress report. - Elon Kerman, SpaceY CEO, and co-founder of KPal

Krakenspeed. We hope you do well. We would like handover of the Komodo to perform ATL (Abort to Landing). We will perform a landing maneuver to splashdown in the ocean. Don't worry, the Komodo has parachutes and we are 95% confident it will work.

We'd like to have a launch image for posting on our news site.

I think SpaceX wanted to do this with the Falcon 9 second stage originally. But it never fell through.

Note for future writers: If you want humans and Kerbals to intersect and land on Earth, make the humans supply the capsule and instructions. Because if not, then the Kerbals will not visit today. Design cues for NASA: Contact SpaceX to borrow some Super Draco engines for retrorockets, ala Soyuz.

I have had bugs where the camera parts randomly offset back to the launch site and stay that distance to the rocket. My camera goes crazy and I don't like it. I will remove Hullcam for now.