Orbital Re-entry and landing Ring.

The Pav · February 27, 2015

This is my Re-entry Ring Concept. It allows small fragile, non-heat shielded, non-aerodynamic vehicles to survive Kerbin Re-entry and landing unharmed by providing them with an aerobraking and ablative heat shield to hide behind as well as landing chutes and an impact absorber. I needed a way to get my science data and samples from clunky landers only the surface of Kerbin for the big science payoff. This is more of an intermediary stage than a vehicle and has become standard for all my science retrieval missions.

It's a platform that smaller ships dock to in order to re-enter Kerbin's atmosphere. I have made two sizes, one for my "micro landers" and one for full sized ones.

The system includes a heat shield, SAS gyroscope, Orbital deorbit thrusters and a small amount of fuel for same, plus retrograde hold (essential!) and power for the trip down.

This is my first post on this forum and I'm not sure how to post the files. If you're interested, just let me know.

All of this is done using Deadly Re-entry and FAR.

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That was for my micro-lander. I have a version for full sized ones or other vehicles of similar size. On this version the ring typically takes damage on landing but that's it's job! The lander, payload and crew will be safe!

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