Damn, Horus Lupercal you're fast. Your message popped up when I was writing mine.
Basically, yes exactly what I was going to suggest, replace the hawk with a broadsword and to transfer fuel to the center to keep it balanced.
Looks like you were doing fine until your last stage and then burned retrograde and de-orbited yourself. I'd also suggest having a probe on the last stage so you can control it after the satellites have gone.
Damn, Horus Lupercal you're fast. Your message popped up when I was writing mine.
Basically, yes exactly what I was going to suggest, replace the hawk with a broadsword and to transfer fuel to the center to keep it balanced.
You should remove some of the batteries and install a solar panel. You have enough space for that, and if you add a second solar panel, you would have enough power generation to feed the ion, so you wouldn't need any batteries at all!