ALDEBARAN LUNA EXPLORER
ALDEBARAN v4.0 NoVizzy
Does not require any MODs and is Career-friendly
Aldebaran Explorers are small vessels for moons and small planets (including Mars) explorations for up to 9 astronauts.
Activation Groups
1 : Docking / Fuel Cells / Solar Cells
4 : VTOL Front Engines
5 : Main Engines
6 : VTOL Rear Engines
7 : Lights EVA
8 : Lights Landing
9 : Flip Engines
10 : RCS
Flip Engines (positive) are controlled with Brake-Slider
Flip Engines (negative) are controlled with Pitch-Slider
Sliders
Slider 1 : VTOL Engines angle (-1: forward horiz. 0: vertical 1: backw. horiz.)
Slider 4 : Opening Hatches
BRAKE : Flip Engines (positive) , Brake on Wheels
PITCH : Flip Engines (negative)
Acknoledgements
@CanadaDuck for the wonderful Capsule Mark V :
Mark V cockpit from @CanadaDuck MarkV Cockpit
The original one
GENERAL INFO
- Created On: Windows
- Game Version: 1.3.115.0
- Price: $46,328k
- Number of Parts: 667
- Dimensions: 20 m x 13 m x 9 m
PERFORMANCE
- Total Delta V: 16.5km/s
- Total Thrust: 2.8MN
- Engines: 20
- Wet Mass: 3.64E+5kg
- Dry Mass: 59,016kg
STAGES
Stage | Engines | Delta V | Thrust | Burn | Mass |
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1 | 3 | 5.9km/s | 955kN | 18.1m | 3.64E+5kg |
2 | 4 | 5.5km/s | 1.6MN | 10.2m | 3.64E+5kg |
3 | 6 | 5.2km/s | 250kN | 1.02hours | 3.64E+5kg |
16 Comments
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2,237 TomKerbal
@RichGWall @Rdrandle That's an interesting idea in principle! However, the moon station should then have an extremely elliptical orbit around the moon (passing through the Lagrange point). Otherwise the required delta-v are very large (after all, you have to decelerate the ship coming from the Moon at the Earth, which costs about 3km/s . In the Drool system, however, this should be easier. I'll have a look at this. However, I am designing a very complex Mars mission with KSP1 and the RP-1 mod. That's why I've been here so rarely for months :-)
Have a great time! Tom -
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2,237 TomKerbal
@Rdrandle So you mean a shuttle like transfer between Earth and Moon orbit ?
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75 Rdrandle
Can you make one like a space station that it can do to go to earth one is an earth orbit and one is in Luna orbit?
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19.6k CanadaDucK
@TomKerbal
I use, "Radial overlapping, internal hidden Fuel Tanks" to Increase Fuel, exponentially,... an effective cheat! That's how I get my Spacecraft to have enough DELTA-V for wherever I want to go... without having to make thing bigger. But you must watch center of mass when you do this. -
2,237 TomKerbal
@CanadaDucK @GreenGalaxy @WVBOBK @RichGWall Thank you very much mates :-)
Vizzy code for automated landing procedures will follow.
@Rdrandle Unfortunately, the ship cannot be launched directly from Earth. You need a suitable carrier rocket. The Aldebaran cannot return to Earth either; it has to dock with a space station in Luna orbit. -
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And how can you create 20 activation groups, because when I downloaded I saw that there are 20 groups, because it is very important to me