KerbalX

Details

• Type: SPH
• Class: spaceplane
• Part Count: 156
• Mods: 4

Mods

• Breaking Ground DLC
• KerbalEngineer
• Making History DLC
• Squad (stock)

Description

Fully Reusable Mid Tech Career Rocket SSTO (No jet engines). Usable with Tier 2 R&D Facility, no tier 3 parts required.

5t of Payload to Low Kerbin Orbit. Place payload as far back as possible to assist with takeoff.

Launch Manual

On runway, Light mainsail and don’t crash into anything expensive
Maximum Upstick to 40 degree pitch relative to Horizon
Gear up ASAP
SAS Hold 40* pitch
Switch to Prograde follow at 12500 alt
Ignite OMS at 15000 alt
Switch to SAS Hold at 10* horizon pitch
Prograde hold at 40000 alt
OMS Shutdown at 80000 Apo

Reentry Manual

250 retro dV from 80 km orbit Point Charlie (mtn range)
Control from 10* docking port, SAS prograde hold
Airbrakes On at Atmo interface
RCS off
Verify All Stand by for LOS
Control from probe core, hold prograde on AOS
–Checkpoint West Coast @ 1480 m/s 24000 alt
Standby for LOS
Expected AOS @ 860 m/s
–Checkpoint Baikal Spire @ 790 m/s 17500 Alt
Nose down to -20 degrees
Align with runway by roll
–Checkpoint 500 m/s @ 9000 alt ~24.5km beacon
Airbrakes off @320 m/s 7000 alt 18 km beacon
Pitch trim tab to 50% 300 m/s 5000 alt 14 km beacon
–Checkpoint 275 m/s 3200 alt 10 km beacon
Gear down Airbrakes On 5 km Beacon
Airbrakes off 100 m/s 500 m beacon
Touchdown 75 m/s
Brakes on, secure for recovery.

A mod aircraft called KSA RLV Ponderista. Built with 156 of the finest parts, its root part is mk3CargoBayS.

Built in the SPH in KSP version 1.7.2.