ATV + Ariane 5

[nothke]

Since it's hard to get anything uploaded on spaceport, here you go:

Just a little craft while we wait for ATV to dock with ISS:

This pack comes with 3 files:

1. ATV + Stockane 5 - fully made of stock parts.

2. ATV (crewed) + Stockane 5 - fully made of stock parts. It can carry 2 Kerbals into orbit, but you should not use it for deorbiting (as it does not have parachutes or a heatshield)

3. ATV + Ariane 5 (KW) - for this you will need KW rocketry parts, it just looks better, more correct to the real Ariane 5 with big boosters and with fairings. It's also has a bit more dV

The rocket should easily get you to 120km (tested) Kerbin orbit and probably beyond if you want to spend service tank fuel.

Don't panic if it seems that stage 2 engine doesn't do anything. Its TWR is less than 1 so it will thrust slowly, make sure to do a gravity turn during this period. Also make sure to shutdown the second stage engine (and decouple it) before your periapsis goes above 40km, then circularize with 4 small service engines and you should have the service tank almost full.

It works very well with Mechjeb, so if you want to use it, place it on the ATV hull. Solar panel deployment action groups aren't set, so you'll have to do it yourself if you want.

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ATV + Ariane 5 KW rocketry launcher

fairing separation

ATV + Stockane 5 stock parts launcher

second stage separation

[astropapi1]

It looks awesome!