500 ton lifter He965

[He_162]

The He965 lifter, designed to bring fuel to orbit for your re-fueling needs! 500 tons of it!

HE965 500 TON ORBITAL RE-FUELING VESSEL

(The one in the download has a docking port for all sizes rather than a nosecone)

 

INSTRUCTIONS:

-Fly straight up.

-One the first stage is out, go to second stage, and THEN do a gravity turn.

-Once second stage is out, you should be in orbit, but you want to be higher up in orbit, so decouple right before orbit.

-Unlock the second to top tank for the middle stage, and put yourself higher up in orbit.

-Use fuel from the fuel pod if necessary to achieve orbit higher up from Kerbin.

 

-Note that action group 1 activates the central stages gimbals.

 

DOWNLOAD

https://kerbalx.com/He_162/He965

[Majorjim!]

Damn.. That's one hell of a separation event!

[He_162]

7 minutes ago, Majorjim! said:

Damn.. That's one hell of a separation event!

This thing's separation scared me, so I made sure it worked properly by adding a ton of sepratrons

[He_162]

I mean, why not be capable of lifting an entire space station into orbit with one launch? For the low price of 3 million kerbucks?

 

My reusable launchers are cheap, my huge lifters are fun, you guys pick!

[Rath]

Why aren't there any nosecones?

[He_162]

3 hours ago, Rath said:

Why aren't there any nosecones?

They add excess weight, and that excess weight is more important than deltaV lost due to drag.