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The SpaceX Project - Falcons, Dragons, MarsOne

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  1. 1. What should be next?

    • Falcon X & Falcon X heavy
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    • Falcon XX
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    • Red Dragon?
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SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft. The company was founded in 2002 to revolutionize space technology, with the ultimate goal of enabling people to live on other planets.

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MarsOne-Duna Colonization Project (click picture)

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SpaceX - The Grand Tour HERE!!!

NEW!!! - There's now Challenge to reuse the Falcon 9 v1.1 in the Challenge-Forum! LINK

SpaceX price list: 56.5 M$ with every Falcon 9 launch, 135 M$ with Falcon Heavy!

Introduction: There are some older screenshots in this thread, some from 0.19. Don't worry, all ships are optimized for 0.22

Falcon 9+Dragon

Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. As the first rocket completely developed in the 21st century, Falcon 9 was designed from the ground up for maximum reliability. Falcon 9’s simple two-stage configuration minimizes the number of separation events -- and with nine first-stage engines, it can safely complete its mission even in the event of an engine shutdown.

Falcon 9 made history in 2012 when it delivered Dragon into the correct orbit for rendezvous with the International Space Station, making SpaceX the first commercial company ever to visit the station. Since then SpaceX has made a total of three flights to the space station, both delivering and returning cargo for NASA. Falcon 9, along with the Dragon spacecraft, was designed from the outset to deliver humans into space and under an agreement with NASA, SpaceX is actively working toward that goal.

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FIRST STAGE

Falcon 9’s first stage incorporates nine Merlin engines and aluminum-lithium alloy tanks containing liquid oxygen and rocket-grade kerosene (RP-1) propellant. After ignition, a hold-before-release system ensures that all engines are verified for full-thrust performance before the rocket is released for flight. Then, with thrust greater than five 747s at full power, the Merlin engines launch the rocket to space. Unlike airplanes, a rocket's thrust actually increases with altitude; Falcon 9 generates 1.3 million pounds of thrust at sea level but gets up to 1.5 million pounds of thrust in the vacuum of space. The first stage engines are gradually throttled near the end of first-stage flight to limit launch vehicle acceleration as the rocket’s mass decreases with the burning of fuel.

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SECOND STAGE

The second stage, powered by a single Merlin vacuum engine, delivers Falcon 9’s payload to the desired orbit. The second stage engine ignites a few seconds after stage separation, and can be restarted multiple times to place multiple payloads into different orbits. For maximum reliability, the second stage has redundant igniter systems. Like the first stage, the second stage is made from a high-strength aluminum-lithium alloy.

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I made this rocket with a mobile launchpad wich was very hard because it's such heavy ...

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SpaceX is going to make a manned version of Dragon so they can send astronauts to the ISS with the Falcon 9. I have it already. Download Here

Important Notice: sometimes it explodes at launch. In this case, use "no crash damage"

Dragon is a free-flying, reusable spacecraft designed to deliver both cargo and people to orbiting destinations. Dragon made history in 2012 when it became the first commercial spacecraft in history to deliver cargo to the International Space Station and safely return cargo to Earth, a feat previously achieved only by governments. It is the only spacecraft currently flying that is capable of returning significant amounts of cargo to Earth. Currently Dragon carries cargo to space, but it was designed from the beginning to carry humans. Under an agreement with NASA, SpaceX is now developing the refinements that will enable Dragon to fly crew. Dragon's first manned test flight is expected to take place in 2-3 years.

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Falcon 9 Triple Sat

The Comercial Version of the Falcon 9 launch vehicle, lifting 3 satellites up to an 1000x1000 km orbit.

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Falcon 9 v1.1

A bigger version of the Falcon 9, with Landing legs at the stages and fuel enough for landing. Launch with an inclination of -40° to land the first stage at the island airport.

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Liftoff!

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First stage at landing:

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Falcon Heavy

Falcon Heavy is the world’s most powerful rocket, a launch vehicle of scale and capability unequaled by any other currently flying. With the ability to lift into orbit over 53 metric tons (117,000 lb)--a mass equivalent to a 737 jetliner loaded with passengers, crew, luggage and fuel--Falcon Heavy can lift more than twice the payload of the next closest operational vehicle, the Delta IV Heavy, at one-third the cost. Falcon Heavy draws upon the proven heritage and

reliability of Falcon 9. Its first stage is composed of three Falcon 9 nine engine cores whose 27 Merlin engines together generate nearly 4 million pounds of thrust at liftoff. Only the Saturn V moon rocket, last flown in 1973, delivered more payload to orbit. Falcon Heavy was designed from the outset to carry humans into space and restores the possibility of flying missions with crew to the Mun or Duna.

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FIRST STAGE

Three cores make up the first stage of Falcon Heavy. The side cores, or boosters, are connected at the base and at the top of the center core’s liquid oxygen tank. The three cores, with a total of 27 Merlin engines, generate 17,615 kilonewtons (3.969 million pounds) of thrust at liftoff. Shortly after liftoff the center core engines are throttled down. After the side cores separate, the center core engines throttle back up to full thrust.

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SECOND STAGE

Falcon Heavy draws upon Falcon 9’s proven design, which minimizes stage separation events and maximizes reliability. The second-stage Merlin engine, identical to its counterpart on Falcon 9, delivers the rocket’s payload to orbit after the main engines cut off and the first-stage cores separate. The engine can be restarted multiple times to place payloads into a variety of orbits including low Earth, geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO) and geosynchronous orbit (GSO).

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This Rocket is just to heavy to build it on a mobile launchpad. I think that's nearly impossible ;-)

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Munar Edition

But with the manned Version of the Dragon and a small Lander you can send Kerbonauts to the Mun and back with it. The upper stage is used for the transfer burn then. Download Here.

Munar Edition:

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Falcon Duna

I noticed that the Delta V of the Mun edition is enough for a Duna Mission. You use also a bit of the first stage for transfer burn then. But as the lander is so small, I made parachutes on it. Download Duna Edition Here.

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Falcon Duna II

A Constellation-Style Mission with a 2-man lander for Duna. A falcon heavy with the lander and an enlarged upper stage launches to LKO, a Falcon 9 manned follows. Together, it flys to Duna.

Download Falcon Heavy Duna II Here

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Falcon Heavy Station

I had the idea of sending a small Space Station to orbit with Falcon Heavy and dock Dragon/DragonRider to it.

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The Space Station in flight

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The Station in orbit with one Dragon and one DragonRider docked

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Red Dragon

I decided now to replicate the Red Dragon, where the unmanned dragon is used for a science landing on mars (duna). Download Here

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Falcon Heavy Joolian

I used a modified version of the Dragon as an orbiter for the Jool-system. Launched by Falcon Heavy. Download Here

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Swing-By maneuver with Eve

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Falcon 1

Taking a single Satellite to orbit is not hard. But please do it with style. With much style. And this Rocket is even transportable. You can Lauch it from whereever you want. Because it has a mobile launchpad.

According to SpaceX, the Falcon 1 was designed to minimize price per launch for low-Earth-orbit satellites, increase reliability, and optimize flight environment and time to launch. It also was used to verify components and structural design concepts that would be reused in the Falcon 9.

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Falcon 5

Falcon 5 is a cancelled project by SpaceX. It was the mid between Falcon 1 and Falcon 9, but was never launched.

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2013: a replica of the settlement will be built for training purposes.

2014: The first communication satellite will be produced.

July 2015: The astronaut selection process will be completed; six teams of four.

2016: A supply mission will be launched during January (arriving October) with 2,500 kilograms (5,500 lb) of food in a 5-metre (16 ft) diameter variant of the SpaceX Dragon. The fallback if this is not ready in time is either to use a 3.8-metre (12 ft) Dragon or to delay by two years.

2018: An exploration vehicle will launch to pick the location of the settlement.

2021: Six additional Dragon capsules and another rover will launch with two living units, two life support units and two supply units.

2022: A SpaceX Falcon Heavy will launch with the first group of four colonists.

2023: The first colonists will arrive on Mars in a modified Dragon capsule.

2025: A second group of four colonists will arrive. Every 2 years an additional group of four colonists will arrive.

2033: The colony will reach 20 settlers.

This is the next big project of civil aerospace: building up a settlement on mars for 4 people to stay there as long as they live. With SpaceX Falcon Heavy. It's a modular Duna base out of 8 parts, 2 crew units, 2 living units and 4 supply units. At first, you should bring the 2 central crew units to duna. Land the first (best on top of a small hill), go down with the second right next to it and dock it together while hoovering just a few pixels above the surface. With this method, you should dock all 8 parts togetherand then bring it to a plane place at one piece.

Download Crew Unit

Download Supply Unit

Download Living Unit

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A Supply Unit when hoovering:

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I downloaded all three, and when I try to load them up in the SPH and VAB on a completely vanilla installation, I get this: Craft [insert name here] was not loaded because it had the following parts missing: mumech.MJ2.AR202. Mechjeb (or whatever it is) is not stock, please either remove it, or stop telling people that these are stock ships. Thank you!

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1. Launch to LKO with Modified Falcon Heavy

2. Mun-Flyby to Eve with central stage

3. Aerobreaking to Eve orbit

4. Jetpack landing on Gilly

5. Second stage burn to Moho

6. Moho flyby back to Eve

7. The same as 3.

8. Second stage burn to Kerbin

9. Kerbin flyby to Jool

10. Aerobraking to Jool orbit

11. Going to Pol with Service Module

12. Jetpack Landing on Pol

13. Tylo/Laythe flyby to Duna

14. Aerobraking to Duna orbit

15. Ike flyby to Kerbin

16. Land at Kerbin

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In some points, you may have to wait for over 1000 days :/

Some Pictures:

Launch

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At Eve

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On Gilly

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At Moho

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At Kerbin

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At Jool

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On Pol

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At Duna

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Well, I didn't remove the MechJeb (a autopilot plugin) from it when uploading sorry for that I'll do this now. :blush:

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I build all my rockets with stock parts with Mechjeb edited CFG pods: no hassle of removing the AR202 and it saves the Mechjeb settings and when loaded with vanilla Ksp it ignores the Mechjeb settings.

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[...]I just wanna know how you got so much dV out of the rocket.

If you mean Falcon 9 I can only say: Large first stage, tiny upper stage! If you mean Falcon heavy: The two boosters fill the central stage with fue while working, so the central stage is completely full when they are decoupled.

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Nephf

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What about the Falcon X and Falcon XX?
I would love to see someone take a shot at the Falcon XX.

So for you, pre-uploaded: Falcon X and Falcon X heavy. They aren't ready to upload the file yet. I'm working on Falcon XX :)

Falcon X:

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Falcon X heavy:

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