Conceptual Saturns: Full Release

[JJJacksonTyler]

Hi Guys! This is my first pack released for other players, so I hope you enjoy.

I call it "Conceptual Saturns".

Being an avid Orbiter Spaceflight Simulator player, I found myself attracted to the idea of recreating some of the amazing Saturn family rockets in Kerbal Space Program.

So, using nothing more than F.A.S.A and TweakScale, I have completed the first of three Phases of launcher packs.

These, are the "Early Saturns". Leading up to the Saturn IB and Saturn V that eventually flew astronauts into space, these launchers never actually flew - but were considered greatly on the papers of the engineers down at the Marshall Spaceflight Center in the early 1960's.

Included in this pack are 12 unique launchers.

The Saturn A-1

The Saturn A-1 (never built) was to get large-booster capability as quickly as possible by using a Titan II first stage as the second stage, atop the Saturn booster. A Centaur upper stage finished the stack. Payload was an earth-orbital Apollo capsule, or a notional payload with fairing.

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The Saturn B-1

The Saturn B-1 (never built) attempted to build a larger booster with existing stages. Atop the S-I stage was a cluster of Titan second stages, then the S-IV stage, then a Centaur. Quite a tower of Babel, it was. However, I could not, for the life of me - ensure a stable design with the Saturn I stage under the cluster of 4 Titans, so I have made a special edit to this rocket to instead make the Titan cluster the first AND second stage - using 4 entire Titan II rockets, both stages and all.

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The Saturn C-2

The Saturn C-I used the original Saturn S-1 stage with the "high-energy" Saturn S-4 stage. This is the rocket which became the Saturn I, and eventually the Saturn-Ib. The Saturn C-2 would have upgraded the C-1 by putting a high-energy stage between the first stage and the S-IV upper stage.

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The Saturn C-3

The mid-size Saturn C-3 would probably have been the choice to assemble an EOR-based lunar mission. Basically a C-2, but with an upgraded first stage that used 2 of the powerful F-1 engines.

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The Saturn C-5

The rocket that launched Apollo...except, as originally conceived,

with only an S-IV upper stage.

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The Saturn INT-11

INT-11 was a proposed upgrade to the Saturn IB, that added 4 Titan 5-segment Solid Rocket Motors to the first stage of the rocket.

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The Saturn INT-15

INT-15 stretched the Saturn IB nearly 20 feet in the first stage, and added 8 "Minuteman" SRB's.

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The Saturn INT-16

INT-16 replaced the Saturn IB first stage with a cluster of 5 7-segment Titan SRB's, 4 outer ground lit boosters, surrounding an air-lit "core" booster. Ares I-X, anyone?

*WARNING*: This design is inherently unstable for roughly 10 seconds after outboard booster separation.

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The Saturn INT-18

The INT-18 eliminated the first stage from the Saturn V, and uprated the S-II thrust by adding 4 7-segment Titan SRB's. Not cost effective, but a great lifter!

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The Saturn INT-19

INT-19 eliminated the first stage from the Saturn V as well...but uprated the S-II thrust by adding 12 (!!!) minuteman boosters. 8 were ground lit, 4 were air lit.

WARNING: Heavy flame effects may kill frame rates on slower computers.

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The Saturn MLV-V-4

The MLV-V-4 was an upgrade to the Saturn V's lifting capability. 4 UA1205 Titan solid rocket motors attached to an S-IC first stage that was stretched 337 inches, the S-II second stage was stretched nearly 41 inches, with a standard S-IVB third stage on top.

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The Saturn MS-V-24

The largest proposed upgrade to the Saturn V, with a 336 stretch of the first stage, 56 inch stretch of the second stage, and 198 inch stretch to the third stage, plus 4 "Large Rocket Boosters" powered by 2 F-1 engines of their own. This thing is a monster.

***IMPORTANT***

Required Mods!: F.A.S.A, and Tweakscale.

This is for 1.0.4, and uses the latest versions of those mods (as of August 27th, 2015)

Each .craft has a detailed description in it's description box in the VAB, also included - a "test pilot's notes" on how the vehicle behaves, ect.

It is my belief that you should read these before launching. You may put any payloads you want on these, guys - they are yours to use.

Some rockets' first stages have thrust limiters on their engines so as to provide the most realistic behavior of that rocket for launch. Heavier payloads may require you to change that thrust limit yourself in the V.A.B.

Curseforge: http://kerbal.curseforge.com/ksp-mods/235389-conceptual-saturns-full-release

I appreciate any and all feedback I can get. I realize this isn't that huge or flashy, but I tried to do justice to the rockets that almost-were. I hope you enjoy these as much as I had fun making them.