Scorpio R is a partially reuusable super-heavy-lift launch vehhicle capable of ~275 tones to orbit if flown correctly (due to it being awkwward to fly that way, payloads closer to 250 are recommended at most) based heavily on the Scorpio MKII rocket.
The main feature shared between the designs(aside from the payload capacity) is the use of a long upper stage, although Scorpio R uses a different fuel, with the width: height ratio for the stage being more than 2:1 .
Scorpio R uses 13 FFSC Methalox engines on it's first stage and 2 FFSC Hydrolox engines on it's upper stage.
The first stage only needs around 5% of it's fuel to land, and like our other vehicles AG1 does most of the launch automatically, and AG2 automatically shuts down engines for booster landings.
GENERAL INFO
- Predecessor: Scorpio MKII
- Created On: Windows
- Game Version: 1.2.212.0
- Price: $277,073k
- Number of Parts: 40
- Dimensions: 96 m x 13 m x 13 m
PERFORMANCE
- Total Delta V: 4.7km/s
- Total Thrust: 29.2MN
- Engines: 15
- Wet Mass: 1.41E+6kg
- Dry Mass: 4.08E+5kg
STAGES
Stage | Engines | Delta V | Thrust | Burn | Mass |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 13 | 3.4km/s | 26.0MN | 1.9m | 1.41E+6kg |
2 | 2 | 1.4km/s | 3.1MN | 2.6m | 4.18E+5kg |