Kerbal Service Vehicle: A Reusable Crew/Cargo and Service Craft

[tosha]

 

I made this thing in a moment of "What if the space shuttle focused almost entirely on its big strength, being able to bring people with cargo, which, while usually a big issue, was helpful for things like Hubble. In the end, I built a fully reusable spaceplane, to be attatched to a disposable booster.

Craft file is in the video description

 

Features: 

Around 1000 m/s DeltaV in orbit if you fly well enough. Terrible TWR though.

Cargo bay space for medium satellites or station modules

An inventory cargo container, stock as you wish, or use the default kitting of spare parts and microsat launch kits

4 seats

A docking port (standard size, shielded)

NOTES

As one might expect from putting a winged spacecraft at the top of a rocket with smaller fins, this thing is flip happy, and should be launched with caution.

It's also not that easy to land. It hasn't got great gliding capability, and has very small landing gear, that is not spread very far, making rolling over on the runway a concern

The probe core between the cockpit and docking port is really susceptible to overheating

[Vanamonde]

I'm always envious of people who can make spaceplanes work.