The Flight of LE1096

[DoctorDavinci]

I have never journeyed to Jool let alone Laythe before, the furthest I have made it out of the SOI of Kerbin was in one insanely huge mission to show my love for Dres ... You can find that mission report here: http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/index.php?/topic/125664-dres-love-missions/&do=findComment&comment=2282012

Anywho, I decided to take a crack at Laythe to see how much science I can manage to send back via satellite with only one launch

I now present for your approval the CANUKWorks Laythe Explorer 1096 ... All Stock for your convenience

Payload
9 Kerbals (Room for 12)
16 Communication Relay Satellites
16 Lander Probes w/ full Stock science package
6 Narrow Band Ground Scanning Satellites w/ Stock orbital science package (orbital meaning only instruments that work in orbit )
1 Resource Scanning Probe
1 Mobile Processing Lab
NOTE: All probes and satellites are equipped with engines, probe cores and control systems

As I finish off each stage of the mission I will release the save file for the start of that stage, however seeing as this is the beginning, I will only release the craft file: https://www.dropbox.com/s/im0cm2322feb4sz/Laythe Explorer 1096.craft?dl=0

Be Warned - She is 1096 parts in orbit after dropping her 2 launch stages and I think she is 1677 parts on the launchpad so expect some lag if you try and launch her

I have made it to Laythe orbit and I am editing the video, I expect to release it in the next few days ... In the meantime, here's a few snapshots of her: http://imgur.com/a/JNGPy

 

[DoctorDavinci]

Finished editing the video so next step is to start launching comsats and create a viable communications network around Laythe ... I ended up having to use some of the fuel intended to drop the science landers in order to get into a suitable orbit with the LE1096 but shouldn't have much of an issue dropping in

Anyways, here is the save file from the end of the video: https://www.dropbox.com/s/rpe6jehrv8obqt0/Laythe Orbit - LE1096.sfs?dl=0

And here is the video:

 

[notsodeadjeb]

That is really good!!!