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(Mooncrasher)
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Team Valiant
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Voyager Quest
Man on the Moon
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First up, is my replica.
If I need to tell you all what rocket it is, then I failed.
In case you're one of the lucky 10,000 people who haven't heard of it before, it's
Ready for lift-off! No, before you ask, the boosters are not drop-able. I hope that's ok, but I'll understand if it isn't.
Lift-off and climb.
MECO after clearing the atmosphere and fuel is below 20%? Left booster gets shut down gradually and early for balance reasons.
Gentle phase on Frontiers.
SECO just short of achieving orbit.
Detach and flip the payload! James Bond villain laugh.
This is the point where things went wrong for the payload in real life....
Open the fairing to reveal the kickstage Functional Cargo Block.
Deploy arrays and head for orbit!
You may fire the main weapon when ready. Pew pew.
This thing is pretty functional, a replica able to SSTO while being over 17% payload. I wonder how big a payload I can carry on the side if part of the payload is a kickstage with 500m/s of dV or so...
Anyway, hope you liked it, and please don't hesitate to point out any mistakes.
Gonna post this and then quickly put some bp pics in next post.
If I need to tell you all what rocket it is, then I failed.
In case you're one of the lucky 10,000 people who haven't heard of it before, it's
An Energia rocket replica carrying a Polyus laser satellite
Ready for lift-off! No, before you ask, the boosters are not drop-able. I hope that's ok, but I'll understand if it isn't.
Lift-off and climb.
MECO after clearing the atmosphere and fuel is below 20%? Left booster gets shut down gradually and early for balance reasons.
Gentle phase on Frontiers.
SECO just short of achieving orbit.
Detach and flip the payload! James Bond villain laugh.
This is the point where things went wrong for the payload in real life....
Open the fairing to reveal the kickstage Functional Cargo Block.
Deploy arrays and head for orbit!
You may fire the main weapon when ready. Pew pew.
This thing is pretty functional, a replica able to SSTO while being over 17% payload. I wonder how big a payload I can carry on the side if part of the payload is a kickstage with 500m/s of dV or so...
Anyway, hope you liked it, and please don't hesitate to point out any mistakes.
Gonna post this and then quickly put some bp pics in next post.