RSS Sandbox Space Program

[carminefo]

Episode 1:

Heading for space

This will be the thread for my Mission Report in RSS-RO; I will play in Sandbox mode as the Earth Agency for Space Exploration and Colonization (EASEC). I started this with little experience (a week, or approx. 9 hours) in Realism Overhaul, to show the steps of an Agency that's really starting from scratch and learning.
This is what my GameData folder looks like:

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Well, let's start from the first episode:
 

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The first mission of the Agency is a Uranus I probe, testing the LV1 Orbital Launch Vehicle.

The LV1 Orbital Launch Vehicle can bring 1 ton to orbit.

It's composed of a Star 48 kicker stage, an RD58S upper stage powered by Syntin and Lox and a kerolox LR-89-NA6 Booster.

It's 12:25 UTC, Mission Control here at Kourou, launching our first rocket into space.

Ignition and liftoff!

Starting pitch program

Stage burnout.

At this point, thing started to fail.

I didn't take screens since it was unexpected. I Included too weak RCS that couldn't stabilize the tanks. The launch failed. 29 millions wasted.

Edited July 14, 2016 by carminefo