'Skidbladner' Short Range Shuttle
by Meltdown
uploaded 2023-08-19
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SPH
stock spaceplane
#SSTO #Passenger #Crew #Mun #Minmus

It is so large that all the asas, with their weapons and war-gear, can find room on board it.

Another small SSTO to ferry 8 Kerbals and their luggage to the Mun or Minmus, but twice the fun of Sleipnir!
Twice the engines, twice the passengers, twice the docking ports, four times the cargo space, but not twice the price!
This is easy to land back at KSC thanks to its good handling during reentry and at low speeds.

Skidbladner

Short Range SSTO

  • Type: SPH
  • Class: spaceplane
  • Part Count: 61
  • Pure Stock
  • KSP: 1.12.5
  • 2x Rapier
  • Delta-v: ~ 1600 m/s left after insertion into 75x75 km Kerbin orbit
  • TWR: 1.58 in low Kerbin orbit
  • Launch Mass: 33.3 tons
  • Price: 55,475
  • Crew capacity: 8
  • Cargo capacity: 2x 650L + 2x 200L
  • Science: 3 Experiment Storage
  • Docking: 1x Clamp-O-Tron, 1x Jr. port, RCS

Notes

  • To return shuttle to KSC from 100x100 km Kerbin orbit, set reentry periapsis at 38 km and 5° east of KSC (see screenshot).
  • Extend air brakes and keep pointed prograde during reentry.
  • Open payload bay [6] before deploying parachutes.

This SSTO is useful to ferry tourists, cargo and science to and from a ‘Behemoth’ Orbital Refinery in Kerbin orbit. From there the tourists can hitch a ride to the surface of the Mun and back on board of one of the Ore Freighters that frequent the station.

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