Rigel
Swingin' on a Star
Copycat
Biker Mice from Mars
ET phone home
Voyager Quest
Floater
Registered
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!
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
.
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!