My Team Frontier entry 1/3: Voyager

[Rigel]

Let's start with the Voyager Mission!

Here's my rocket. I decided to stick to the old limit of 250T, as I think it's more than enough (indeed, the total mass of my rocket is 248.23T). My rocket has two side accelerators and only two stages: I prefer this configuration rather than a pile of 3 or 4 stages one on top of the other. I don't know if it's more efficient or not, but I like it
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As Altaïr did in his entry, I made the fairing a bit longer than neccesary, in order to compensate the fact that the probe is a bit shorter than before, as it no longer has an auto-generated separator between the capsule and the tank:


For the launch I followed Altaïr and Blazer's recomendations, so I flattened my flight path to gain horizontal speed as fast as possible, before my side accelerators burn out.. By the time I reach orbit, my first stage is almost depleted:


Now, with my second stage, it's time to reach to the stars, and beyond:


When I cross the Martian orbit, my speed is 7303.2m/s. As you can see, I still have the probe's tanks 100% full:


Sorry I didn't detach the probe from the second stage for the last capture, but it doesn't make any difference, does it?
Hope you like it!

 

[Altaïr]

I could recreate your mission with success, that's perfect. Congratulations on your Voyager quest

My rocket has two side accelerators and only two stages: I prefer this configuration rather than a pile of 3 or 4 stages one on top of the other. I don't know if it's more efficient or not, but I like it

That's efficient. If that's because I recommended a 3 stages rocket in the tutorial it's fine, as the boosters themselves can be considered a stage, so a boosted 2 stages rocket is good.

I would only make the boosters a bit shorter and the first stage a bit longer to compensate. When your boosters are depleted the core itself is practically depleted too, it has enough power to run alone sooner.

Good launcher overall. Mooncrasher or Blazer Ayanami will give you your badge.

 

[Mooncrasher]

Congratulations on accomplishing it!

 

[Rigel]

I would only make the boosters a bit shorter and the first stage a bit longer to compensate. When your boosters are depleted the core itself is practically depleted too, it has enough power to run alone sooner.

It makes all sense. Will follow your advice in my next rocket! Thanks!

 

[Blazer Ayanami]

Congrats! Nice to see more people beating the Voyager Quest