Noomatae 3

[lajoswinkler]

I'm doing something I've never done before - sending Jeb, Bob and Bill everywhere and always returning them home. They already were everywhere, but didn't always come home. The probes did it.

Such missions include even the most difficult places like Tylo and Eve. Eve was dealt with here.

This one is a returnable mission to Tylo and includes aerobraking at Jool in conditions presented by Deadly Reentry mod.

Other mods used in the mission are: Procedural Parts for production of nice tanks, DMagic Orbital Science to make the vessel look more realistic, ALCOR for its superior capsule, KOSMOS for its superior engines, and Kerbal Attachment System to strut everything together after assembly in LKO so the engines can burn at 100% thrust without the danger of losing stability.

The actual ship is a heavy tug with two LV-N engines and radiation shield. It was launched using a powerful, custom made rocket with two stages and boosters.

Jettisoning the first stage and fairing.

The tug, ready for assembly.

Returnable lander for Tylo uses an ALCOR pod and KOSMOS engines, and has over 3500 m/s of delta-v for landing and ascent to orbit, respectively. It carries a detachable surface antenna.

To save on fuel, a 7.5 m shield will be used to aerobrake at around 125 km above Jool. It shields all parts of the whole vessel from burning up. It was added separately, docked to the lander and strutted with KAS.

Assembled ship has over 12,600 m/s of delta-v with plenty more in reserve because the lander will be left orbiting Tylo and the shield will be dumped into Jool.

[lajoswinkler]

Noomatae 3 is in Tylo's strict polar orbit, accurate to the last decimal in KER mod.

It took at least 5 burns at Kerbin's 75 km periapsis to swing barely 1 km above Mun's surface and be ejected out of the SOI.

First set of tanks was spent quite quickly.

Before aerobraking was done, Bob had to check the integrity of the ship.

Aerobraking at 125 km was flawless.

Upon jettisoning the shield, the ship gained extra delta-v capabilities.

Tylo immediately offered a window for highly inclined orbit insertion.

Bob had to do some checkups safely shielded behind the radiation shield. NERVA engines are scary after firing.

[Drakoflame]

Did you abandon this series lajoswinkler? or did you have an accident involving staging (it happens to the best of us) and you forgot to save, and was thus forced to abandon it due to it being unrecoverable?

Or did you just forget about this one?