4 Kerbonauts SSTO

[Devinci]

This is my latest SSTO with 4 man crew (stock only no MechJeb added). You should have around 3000m/s deltaV after orbit. My goal is to make it 5000m/s after orbit to eventually get to Laythe. I also want to add a rover next.

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[Mesklin]

You do not need so much dV for Laythe trip. Laythe round-trip is enough 3700 m/s dV on SSTO (4000 m/s with reasonable spare):

1. 2000+150 m/s - transfer to Jool

2. 0 m/s - Aerobraking in Laythe atmosphere and landing

3. 500-700 m/s - back to low Laythe orbit, for SSTO it is very cheap operation

4. 1000-1200 - direct transfer to Kerbin from low Laythe orbit

I think, you can try Laythe jorney with current craft, see example here

Edited January 21, 2014 by Mesklin

[Devinci]

You do not need so much dV for Laythe trip. Laythe round-trip is enough 3700 m/s dV on SSTO (4000 m/s with reasonable spare):

1. 2000+150 m/s - transfer to Jool

2. 0 m/s - Aerobraking in Laythe atmosphere and landing

3. 500-700 m/s - back to low Laythe orbit, for SSTO it is very cheap operation

4. 1000-1200 - direct transfer to Kerbin from low Laythe orbit

I think, you can try Laythe jorney with current craft, see example here

Very nice I'll try it out then. I also add the dV needed to raise my orbit to 600km so that I can time warp faster and sometimes you might also need to nullify the relative inclination.