KerbalX

Description

1:bay 2:panels 3:aerials 4:ctlref 5:hibernate 0:drain B:spoilers

Delivers 18x Communotron-16 cubesats to orbit.

Launch:

• SAS Hold, half throttle & ignition
• 30 m/s pitch down 5 degree, switch to SAS Sfc Pro and go full throttle with power shaping
• shoot for a higher apoapsis for an elliptical orbit
• at the Kerman line (70km), [B] deploy spoilers prep for separation
• jettison S1 while PE is still less than 20km (-100 km known good). [4] fwd ctlref
• raise S2 PE to 65km; set AP alarm just after apoapsis
• return to S1 to ride & recover
• begin deploying sats
• then raise PE above 70 km.
  

You can choose then when & where to deorbit the Kerblink ship.

I leave the cubesat PE at 65km because KSP will keep them in orbit on rails, indefinitely. You can name members of a single constellation by renaming the ship before you begin to deploy. You can of course circularize/maneuver the mother ship to adopt any position for deployment: very flexible.

Then, if you do decide to deorbit any/all sats (if still in a nearby cloud), you can switch to one and ride it down. QED!

NOTE: This is the Communtron-16 version of Kerblink RA-2 which delivers 4 RA-2 cubesats to space.

Built in the VAB in KSP version 1.11.2.

ECO 2023-12-23 [4] ctlref; [B] spoilers; S1 chutes for recovery