What's the first thing you got into orbit in 1.0?

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86-ton Grand Tour tug with roughly 5.5km/s delta-V carrying a (not included) 10-ton lander. 842-tons on the pad. Most interesting stock launch I've ever done, save for maybe the first learning steps.

It's my sailing ship!

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You?

Side note: I'm really liking 1.0 so far. There are some dumb things going on, but overall pretty great first impression.

[Bill Phil]

I just did a simple little launch, testing the waters. Got Val into orbit, though.

[Pixel of Life]

An asteroid tug that was supposed to push a medium-size roid to Kerbin orbit while mining it to power the engines. The resource converter didn't work. Then I built another one and that actually worked but the whole thing was way too wobbly to be able to control the asteroid. I might try a puller configuration next time.

[Stone Blue]

The stock Learstar shuttle...Too funny, I expected it to be impossible with the new aero, as I have NEVER been able to get a traditional shuttle stack into orbit in ANY version of KSP...

Got it into a 120 km x 100 km polar orbit on the FIRST attempt....

[TokiTech]

My first curiosity is the new aerodynamic, SSTO spaceplane is seriously different then way before. Took me 2-3 hours learning to get a plane up to orbit and i somewhat did it. Not happy ripping off docking port and use half the FL-800 fuel in the cargo bay though, but is a start..

- UPDATE -

Better piloting saved me some fuel, allowing me to carry a docking port.

http://i.imgur.com/sBcHvlA.png

Edited April 28, 2015 by TokiTech

[Jon144]

My levels of anticipation got into orbit before I even downloaded the update.

[Whackjob]

... and it was only one stage. And she was able to almost land on the Mun. Incredible.

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http://i.imgur.com/tCO8Q6f.jpg

... and it was only one stage. And she was able to almost land on the Mun. Incredible.

I do love the SSTM potential of the new aerodynamics.

[Rhomphaia]

The Kerbal X.

I wanted to see how the new tutorials shaped up. Flight Basics has changed a lot.

[SargeRho]

Ore refinery, on its way to a parking orbit to wait for a tug that would be the next thing to be launched. Part of the payload was a heat shield, for the tug, which would aerobrake into orbit around Kerbin on the way back from Minmus.

This rocket is surprisingly close to being an SSTO. If I was a better pilot, I could probably carry a decent payload in a single stage. The 2nd stage was almost full when I finally dropped it, so I left it in orbit as a fuel depot.

Edited April 28, 2015 by SargeRho

[problemecium]

I neglected to screencap the first thing I put into orbit, but I did get a shot of my first working "plane":

..It actually flew surprisingly well given the circumstances. In fact I think it worked better than the "real" plane I built afterward.

[Brotoro]

The first thing I put into orbit in 1.0 was a Standard Nuclear Tug on top of one of my Reusable Rockets (flying its old inefficient trajectory that lets the side boosters fall back onto the KSC). I had lots of overheating problems with the nuclear engines.

Afterward, I recovered the sustainer from orbit (its winglet fins exploded during reentry, but the rest if the sustainer survived reentry heat).

[CalculusWarrior]

I sent a Dres mapping probe into orbit, in preparation for my exploitation exploration of its new 'moons'! However, I ran into a particularly nasty bug where the root part would remain stationary wrt the rest of the universe, and I snapped this screenshot of me attempting to make the darn thing turn:

The bottom part of the rocket is attempting to turn the main probe. Needless to say, I became quite livid, and documented this bug furiously, cursing the Experimentals team with my every breath, then I realized that my copy of Kerbal Engineer (my one mod!) was out of date. So I updated that to the 1.0 version, and the bug vanished. I launched another, and the probe is now awaiting a transfer window! (unfortunately, my finals severely cut back on my time available for KSP)

I also launched a few 'aerobraking testbeds', which were quite fun, but were primarily suborbital. Additionally, I experimented with the Drill, by making a rover which poked everything it could reach, with erm...varying...results.

Edited April 28, 2015 by CalculusWarrior

[pvtnum11]

Stock Kerbal X. Took it to Mun and back.

[Duke23]

Nothing extravagant, the opposite really. Science mode. It's named the Clusterf*** because sitting on the launchpad it looks dangerous at best, and it's based on a design that likes to point at the ground during the gravity turn. I don't have a shot of the whole thing...

[AndyMt]

I launched Valentina with a Mk1 Pod into orbit and brought her back safely. She did the job as good as Jeb would have done ...

[Thahat]

after copious lurking and listening to people complaining about burning up i thought, NAH it cant be that bad.

and immediately set off making an ODST-style drop pod for 4 kerbals using seats and the AWESOME new air breaks. (2500m/s until the atmosphere FORCES you to slow down even though i kept the orange tiny engine firing down, and then at 1KM open 8 air brakes all at once...thank Kod kerbals don't do G forces. no retro burns, just steel beams to land on cause those can take 80 m/sec and 8 air breaks RIP that 2500 m/sec to about 25-40 m/sec. it'd still be like hitting the floor at 90 KMH, but some cars have drivers survive something like that so eh, plausible enough

[monophonic]

http://i.imgur.com/tCO8Q6f.jpg

... and it was only one stage. And she was able to almost land on the Mun. Incredible.

It is so... tiny.

You used to launch as much in a single craft as my all launches combined in 0.90 and before. Also I have yet to reach vacuum let alone orbit anything in 1.0.

[micha]

First thing to reach orbit (and space) was my stock-career 3rd launch, with Val in the pod. Survived (*mostly) re-entry without heatshield. No pics unfortunately - only had a quick half-hour to play around.

(*) Goo pods strapped to the outside cannae take the heat!

[ShadowZone]

Valentina Kerman, ODST badass

[oversoul]

Just a basic science craft:

Yes I 'cheated' by setting the career settings to beginning with 1000 science, 500,000 money, triple science gains. I've never done this but I was really cross about losing my 0.90 progress.

[michaelhester07]

My first career orbit was this:

Valentina terrifying the *snip* out of a tourist. She only paid for sub-orbital and got 12 hours of terror.

[theorigin]

Since i play career mode, the first (little) thing i brought to orbit was a small probe which is now constantly spnning in a 150km orbit above kerbin No SAS onboard, no engine, no hope.

[AngusJimiKeith]

I launched Val and Jeb in Mk 1 pods several times to test out both my old (NEAR) ascent profile and the atmospheric heating.

Result: the heating is a fun challenge...and my old launch profile is a tiny bit too shallow.

I also had a ton of fun with a supermaneuverable aircraft.

[panzer1b]

Dis is the 1st thing ive managed to get into orbit (and actually its now en-route to dres to see the new asteroid belt (hopefully its dense enough for some sci-fi style dogfights).

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Aside from massive abuse of clipped ion engines and massless battery spam, its actually 100% legit, and gets into orbit with just a single fuel tank!