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Context

After flags and footprints were placed by American astronauts on the Moon, it was clear that the space race was gradually drawing to a close. Unlike the 1960’s, a decade of fierce competiton from both sides, the 1970’s proved to begin the era of international co-operation and unity. The Apollo Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) was an important milestone in achieving this. First, a Soyuz spacecraft would be placed into LEO with 2 crew members followed by a Saturn 1B Apollo spacecraft launching a few hours later to meet up with the Soyuz and dock. Since the Soyuz had a different docking mechanism to Apollo, a docking adapter was created that would sit under the Apollo spacecraft, the same place the lunar module was a few years ago, on the S-IVB. After 3 years of co-operation, the spacecraft were launched almost simultaneously on July 15th 1975 with the Soyuz launching first as planned. On July 17th, the spacecraft successfully docked together forming the first multinational structure in LEO.

Details

• Type: VAB
• Class: ship
• Part Count: 4374
• Pure Stock
• KSP: 1.11.0

Flags Required! Download them here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/18Ps7xELXNzuS9TONalw1vyUVw5AOTZCp/view?usp=sharing

Docking adaptor made for Soyuz spacecraft designed by Yukon0009. Craft file: https://kerbalx.com/Yukon0009/Soyuz-7K-TM

Flight Profile

1. Feel free to remove the 3000+ part milk stool launch stand for better framerate!
2. When using the milkstool, make sure to enable ignore maximum temperature in the cheats menu
3. Enable SAS and stage to ignite the 8 H-1 engines
4. Stage again to release the milk stool (if applicable)
5. Perform a normal gravity turn, the cf edited gimbal should prevent the rocket from flipping! Aim for 45* by 20km
6. Stage to jettison the first stage when fuel has been depleted and stage again to ignite the S-IVB upper stage before the ullage motors stop firing
7. Proceed with orbit
8. Stage to release the Apollo spacecraft, perform transposition and docking with the docking adaptor if needed with the custom RCS (more info in Action Groups section)

Action Groups

Action Groups

1 = Deploy CSM Antenna
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8 = CSM RCS [L/R]
9 = CSM RCS [U/D]
0 = CSM RCS [F/B]

Please note that the CSM RCS doesnt allow for rotation, only translation. Use onboard RW for rotation