Craft celebrating the launch of the 90th Atlas V flight carrying the US Space Force's STP-3 mission into Geosynchronous orbit
Mission - STP-3 :
The primary payload is STP Satellite (STPSat)-6 which is designed for a total lifetime of eight years and will carry nine experiments on board. The satellite will be placed into a geosynchronous orbit, a high orbit which allows the satellite to revolve around the Earth the same speed the Earth rotates. This keeps the satellite above a singular point on Earth.
STPSat-6 will have 9 payloads onboard which include the Space and Atmospheric Burst Reporting System 3 (SABRS-3), the Laser Communication Relay Demonstration (LCRD), and many other payloads selected through the Department of Defense Space Experiments Review Board (SERB).
Where is the satellite going? :
Parking Orbit:
(> 300 x 250 km)
Satellites operational Orbit:
Geosynchronous Orbit
[8863 x 8863 km in Droo Orbit]
Rocket: Atlas V (551) :
The Atlas V is an expendable medium lift launch system and member of the Atlas rocket family. The rocket has two stages. The first is a Common Core Booster (CCB), which is powered by a single RD-180 engine that burns kerosene (RP-1) and liquid oxygen (LOx). This is accompanied by up to five strap-on solid rocket boosters. The second stage is the Centaur upper stage, which is powered by one or two RL10 engines and burns liquid hydrogen (LH2) and liquid oxygen (LOx).
What does 551 mean?
Atlas V rockets have a three number configuration code. The first number represents the fairing diameter size in meters The second number denotes the number of solid rocket motors (SRMs), which attach to the base of the rocket. The number of SRMs for a 4 meter fairing can range from 0 – 3. However, the 5 meter fairing Atlas V can support up to 5 SRMs, due to the different aerodynamic properties of the fairing. The third number shows the number of engines on the Centaur Upper Stage.
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Craft Notes:
- Auto-Launch to Orbit by Preprogrammed Vizzy. (Throttle 100%)
- Multiple Pad and Rocket Camera setups
- Preprogrammed Vizzy for Launch and circulation phases (>250 x 250 km orbit)
*Fairing Deploy to be done after 100 km AGL (manuallly)
*FInal orbit insertion (GEO) and payload deploy to be done manually
**Note: A roll is programmed into the vizzy from T+51 to T+71s to allow for norminal orientation for Fairing Separation
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Credits:
Predecessor Craft by Natedoge - Atlas V 551 1:1 Real Scale
Vizzy by: KAL
Modifications to Rocket, Space-craft and Vizzy by OrbiteX
GENERAL INFO
- Predecessor: Atlas V 551 1:1 Real Scale
- Successors 1 craft(s)
- Created On: Mac
- Game Version: 0.9.802.0
- Price: $775,579k
- Number of Parts: 1198
- Dimensions: 58 m x 16 m x 16 m
PERFORMANCE
- Total Delta V: 4.9km/s
- Total Thrust: 103.0MN
- Engines: 54
- Wet Mass: 7.88E+5kg
- Dry Mass: -1,994,178kg
STAGES
Stage | Engines | Delta V | Thrust | Burn | Mass |
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1 | 2 | 576m/s | 2.9MN | 2.3m | 7.88E+5kg |
2 | 8 | 615m/s | 6.0MN | 71s | 7.88E+5kg |
4 | 0 | 0m/s | 0N | 0s | 1.76E+5kg |
6 | 0 | 0m/s | 0N | 0s | 43,224kg |
8 | 1 | 3.7km/s | 800kN | 1.7m | 43,224kg |
17 Comments
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2,592 OrbiteX
@brady125478h yep exactly... Have a few people who crack it all the way up and then have similar issues that's why had asked to adjust it
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problem: main core engines don't fire, so the rocket immediatly turns off course and crashes
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@OrbiteX rocket can't run on high graphics, but i can run on lesser settings
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2,592 OrbiteX
@brady125478h sorry that it does that although can't seem to replicate the following anomaly on any of my 3 devices..
I suggest trying to adjust your physics settings
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awful rocket. Explodes immediatly with no explanation on the launch pad, tried every launch pad. awful
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2,592 OrbiteX
@kevinhampton79 Thanks for bring it to my notice... Will have a look into it
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it flips and and impacts the ground and explodes for me for some reason. tried stock system, RSS ,Better Droo system and multiple launch sites. cant figure out why.
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2,592 OrbiteX
@Natedoge yep... But if u see my posts for some reason. They aren't doing it... So that's why I am manually giving them credits
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6,068 Natedoge
you do realize there’s an auto-credit system for a reason right? @OrbiteX
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2,592 OrbiteX
@HanrySXTC As mentioned in the above description.
Geosynchronous Orbit for the standard Droo system is 8863 x 8863 km in Droo Orbit -
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13.8k Vedhaspace
Cool!
Nice craft, description too
And I love the 2 stage engine design it's realistic!
@OrbiteX Thanks for letting me know. I'll have a look into it