My Missions to the Outer Planets

Where should I go next?


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The Dark in the Light

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#76
Here is a picture of what it may look like. I'm thinking of changing it up a bit, probably a whole other design and pick from the two.
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The Dark in the Light

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I launched another mission yesterdag and I finished it today. More fuel to my little station around Enceladus. I only had to sap 25% of the payload's fuel. Next up will be more fuel I think. You can never have too much fuel.
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The Dark in the Light

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#84
I present to you Shuttle Kagero! Built by TtTOtW, with some input from me, she can take 100 tons to Enceladus! Thanks mate! She will be my main shuttle I'll use for shuttle missions to Saturn. This next mission is to take another module to my Enceladus station. And she'll take one more after that.
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The Dark in the Light

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#85
I failed the first launch. I shut off a Titan on the ET so I wouldn't spin and I foolishly reactivated it, going into a deadly spin. Good news is that the shuttle survived, though she could not make orbit.
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Kagero preparing for reentry:
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As I was trying to deploy the front gear, a piece of the ET smashed into the shuttle, destroying part of the gear and payload bay.
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Chutes deployed:
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And touchdown, with some damage to the shuttle.
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I'll launch another mission. This time she shall not fail.
 
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The Dark in the Light

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#86
A couple more fails and I finally made LEO. It can be hard to control at times, but I'm starting to get it.
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TtTOtW

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#87
She's not made to go up the most easily, it takes a bit of practice. She's made to go far. A few launches though and you'll have no trouble.
 
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The Dark in the Light

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#88
Refueled and almost ready. Just need to attach a drone to the shuttle, which I'll use at the Enceladus Enceladus Station to assemble part of it.
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The Dark in the Light

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#89
Fueled and ready to depart. Kagerō's first mission.
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I got a quick flyby of Mars, it's very nice there.
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Saturn's atmosphere is great for aerobraking. But if I go too deep in, my shuttle ain't coming back out.
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Time to get an encounter.
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I had to use all of the fuel remaining in the main tanks and some from the payload, but not much as I was using Ions. They're great for this. And since there is very, very little gravity, I can use just use them to raise and lower my apoapsis, and to dock too.
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Coming in towards the station...
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And docked! Only then did I realize that I forgot the drone. But I'll be fine without it, I hope. I think I'll transfer some fuel from the station and land Kagerō on Enceladus' surface. Were gonna need to take a look at the terrain. I can't thank TtTOtW enough for this shuttle. Thanks again man!
 
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The Dark in the Light

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#91
I’m Saturn free on iOS, but wondering maybe Titan is the safer bet for an aero brake?
And maybe save a nickel on fuel,
Idk, just occurred to me
I think it may be. I'll give it a try, thanks. I though a little bit on it, but I didn't think to deep into it.
 
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TtTOtW

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#92
Fueled and ready to depart. Kagerō's first mission.
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I got a quick flyby of Mars, it's very nice there. View attachment 37204
Saturn's atmosphere is great for aerobraking. But if I go too deep in, my shuttle ain't coming back out.
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Time to get an encounter.
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I had to use all of the fuel remaining in the main tanks and some from the payload, but not much as I was using Ions. They're great for this. And since there is very, very little gravity, I can use just use them to raise and lower my apoapsis, and to dock too. View attachment 37209
Coming in towards the station... View attachment 37210
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And docked! Only then did I realize that I forgot the drone. But I'll be fine without it, I hope. I think I'll transfer some fuel from the station and land Kagerō on Enceladus' surface. Were gonna need to take a look at the terrain. I can't thank TtTOtW enough for this shuttle. Thanks again man!
No sweat :)
I think it may be. I'll give it a try, thanks. I though a little bit on it, but I didn't think to deep into it.
Titan will save you a ton of Δv. If used right.
 
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The Dark in the Light

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One thing I just realized is that the station has barely any power. The solar panels wont to do much this far out, so I'll need to send a nuclear reactor out here. The station is just barely functioning thanks to some of the nuclear power that Kagerō produces and the very little energy the solar panels gather.
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The Dark in the Light

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#96
After adding some fuel to Kagerō's main tanks, she undocked from the station and began to try and land. The surface is very, very bumpy.
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Turns out she didn't need extra fuel in the main tanks, the Ions are amazing for this. The tank on the nose was all I needed. I'll send her back to the station now.
 
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