RCS fuel. Not seeing electric power either. :hmmm:

* actually I do see solar panel. Blind as a bat. :doh:

Splatnik-1 has achieved a stable(ish) orbit:

http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/5958/screenshot0vg.png

Righto;
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The purely "can it be done" Mk1 satellite

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The more permanent Mk2 satellite.

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Mk3 manned rocket with several succefull orbital flights.

Yep, forgot the RCS fuel, I did add it at first. But I forgot them when I rearranged the craft for better center of gravity.


It has 1 battery, it's just obscured by the probe. :)

Wanted to test how one battery can cope before running out. Didn't even drain 50% if I remember correctly.

It has 4 solar panels, however they can't track the sun.

Arc's MK1 Can it be done is missing an antenna, Sputnik has 4. :O:


I have to say, this is the best update to come out for .18. It seems putting together a stable rocket, even with the added parts is much faster and easier to get handle. Also the ability to change staging in-flight is a definite plus.


Amazon hosts the updates, so it's significantly harder to crash the update server now.


C7 and N3X1S stated that it was un-crashable in a Live stream Thursday, the response was an unanimous
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7070/6...2509b3ab_z.jpg

Eh? It's called Mk1, not Sputnik, innit? :roll:

LV-3M-DcPt docked to the "Docking target"

http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/5...rstdocking.jpg


LV-3M-DcPt: Launch Vehicle - 3 Man - Docking Port

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First satellite, Mun Mk1, succesfully inserted into Munar orbit. First mission was a scrub after the unit went dark enroute, getting stuck in Kerbin's shadow for too long.

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The old tried and tested 'Kerblas' design, undergoing its first orbital tests in .18, so far so good. :yep:

Several successful orbits later, and with plenty of fuel still left in the tanks, Kerblas I de-orbits. After a few tense minutes when the deorbit path is miscalculated, Jeb manages to safe parachute the capsule into a field in the middle of nowhere.

Time for the first Kerbalnaut on this machine in 0.18 to exit from the capsule and proclaim his victory over the heavens!!

http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/3483/whoopsa.jpg

Or, perhaps not... :har::har:

Oberon can crash anything, I suppose... :O:

EDIT: Ah, right, the website, not the game. I really should not post at 04:21. :/\\!!

Well, I suppose Oberon could crash that as well...

ok, couple Q's.

Using the demo .13 so, but are there any good read mes on orbital insertion? Better yet, How do I fly straight? I eventually just spin out of control. I cant even fly right in Orbiter. I understand the theory of orbit, jsut not the practice.

This might help: http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/...ogram-Tutorial


Flying straight is easy now; have a gimbaling engine and advanced sas. Under manual control though, especially in atmosphere, it's important to have a balanced design.

Oh, and symmetry. Don't know about .13, but later versions have a tool for symmetrical placement of components, that really changed the game.

It was a bit of a struggle, and it took a couple of goes, but Muna-1 is now in a successful +/-60km orbit of the Mun.

http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/1988/screenshot2fkx.png

After leaving the Orbital Module in low Munar orbit, Bill Kerman has valiantly taken the Canopus VII's lander to the surface of the Mun.

http://imageshack.us/a/img132/9366/screenshot7ai.png

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It is believed that most of the fatal design flaws in the Canopus rocket, which have resulted in the failure of the previous mission to Minmus, have since been fixed, so now all that is left to see is whether the lander has enough fuel to make the Munar Orbit Rendezvous and it might even be able to get back.

And yes, the fins are absolutely necessary.

Fins = 20% cooler. :yep:

Right, back to KSP, time to get my probe lander to the Mun. :yep:

Last night's failed attempt;

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/j...reenshot10.jpg
Mk2 lander succesfully landed.
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/j...reenshot11.jpg
Mk1 probe overhead.

Failed because the lander didn't even have the juice left to get off the Mun (Mün?). Follow-up mission well underway with a modified Mk2 rocket.

(smaller pics because more of them)

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Muna-2 comes in for a Munar landing

http://img641.imageshack.us/img641/3...eenshot4sk.png
Steady...Steady...

http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/9...eenshot5jk.png
FFUUUUUUU

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But wait...through careful use of the landing legs I can...do a roll!

http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/7...eenshot7ti.png
Almost...Almost...

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Success! (eventually) Muna-2 ready and transmitting. :yep:

MunRocket

His expression looks like: "I really don't want to be here!"
http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/3993/munrocket1.jpg

http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/4671/munrocket2.jpg

Undocking the lander.

http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/6046/munmission11.jpg

Landed.
http://img607.imageshack.us/img607/8...nmission12.jpg


Had to go through a lot of trial and error to find a good setup that can take a 3 man capsule and a lander to the Mun.

The 4 quad-engine liquid fueled boosters feed the main engine keeping the main fuel tank full for the rest of the ascent.

Right, it seems that poor Bill Kerman will have to await rescue. The lander didn't have enough fuel to make it to Munar orbit, but careful use of the RCS thrusters have managed to achieve it. Alas, it seems I have carelessly neglected to include an actual power source for the Orbital Module, so now it's useless.

Time to fire up the Recoverator II again, I think...