ISRO Orbital Vehicle

[Kurotenshi]

Thought I'd give some attention to the Indian Space Research Organization, instead of the famed, well-know and popular space programs

Source material:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISRO_Orbital_Vehicle

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geosynchronous_Satellite_Launch_Vehicle_Mk_III

Part count: 48

Mass: 14.7t

Delta-V: 1600m/s

Crew: 3 kerbals

Launch vehicle: GSLV Mk III (153t ; 262 parts)

Some sidenotes:

1. The 4 engines clipped together under the main core are very delicate. I have found that the fuel lines often break when launching it directly, so you have to go trough the VAB, place them again, and then launch. All engines should fire then. If anybody knows how to permanently fix this, please do tell:)

2. The launch vehicle is designed to get your apoapsis to the desired height, but the circularization burn will be preformed with the orbiter's main engine. After the burn, the main engine is shut down, the reason being realism. The delta-V given in the info sheet is based on this. If you leave the main engine on, you have about 1900m/s of delta-V, and way more TWR, but that sort of kills the realism in my opinion.

Action groups

1: Jettison LES

2: Deploy solar panels

0: LES antenna

And finally, the .craft file!

[PrathamK]

Good work, I didn't used it even opened, but you finally got my Favourite Launcher.

[Vanamonde]

Very old thread. We can open it again if the OP asks, but he/she hasn't been around for quite some time.