Once more, with mods!
Recent breakthrough in Komputar Kalkulations have allowed VSP to devise new and amazing instruments. The first of which is the MAPSAT plugin, that allows us to map the surface of planets we orbit. Due to highly extravagent spendings in the past, our current budget is somewhat limited. To this end, we'll be scaling back to small, light vehicles with a minimum of waste and a maximum of reusability whenever deemed feasible.
To make the launch as cheap as possible, the 1-kerbalton Mapsat satellite is mounted on a Mjölnir usingduct tape space-age bonding materials.
Launch was pretty uneventful, although Stereotypical Villain complained the drag of the satellite made the Mjölnir tend towards pointing its nose upwards. Continual counter steering during ascent was necessary.
Once the Mjölnir reached a stable orbit, the Mapsat is ejected.
The satellite is christened Mapsat I and left to drift for now.
Because Mission Control needed to pay attention to SV, who had performed his deorbitation burn and told them something Awesome™ was about to happen.
He deliberately overshot the Kerbal Spaceport and deployed his parachute over water to make a handbrake turn towards the Sekrat Landing Strip™
He had also completely forgotten to transfer fuel back to the jet tanks and reopen the ramjet intakes. Fortunately he remembered at the last second and managed to nail a beautiful landing.
Back to mapsat one, a higly sophisticated FIEAKSNATAWT™ (Fuck-Ion-Engines-And-Ksp-Not-Allowing-Time-Acceleration-While-Thrusting) maneuver was performed during 6 consecutive orbits in the daylight side to bring the satellite to a 45 degree inclination.
Mid-maneuver, Mapsat found its first unregistered anomaly! a few flickering pixels in the camera reveal something in a small valley, far below. What could this mysterious place be? a secret Koviet nuclear silo? It will, for now, remain a mystary!
Recent breakthrough in Komputar Kalkulations have allowed VSP to devise new and amazing instruments. The first of which is the MAPSAT plugin, that allows us to map the surface of planets we orbit. Due to highly extravagent spendings in the past, our current budget is somewhat limited. To this end, we'll be scaling back to small, light vehicles with a minimum of waste and a maximum of reusability whenever deemed feasible.
To make the launch as cheap as possible, the 1-kerbalton Mapsat satellite is mounted on a Mjölnir using
Launch was pretty uneventful, although Stereotypical Villain complained the drag of the satellite made the Mjölnir tend towards pointing its nose upwards. Continual counter steering during ascent was necessary.
Once the Mjölnir reached a stable orbit, the Mapsat is ejected.
The satellite is christened Mapsat I and left to drift for now.
Because Mission Control needed to pay attention to SV, who had performed his deorbitation burn and told them something Awesome™ was about to happen.
He deliberately overshot the Kerbal Spaceport and deployed his parachute over water to make a handbrake turn towards the Sekrat Landing Strip™
He had also completely forgotten to transfer fuel back to the jet tanks and reopen the ramjet intakes. Fortunately he remembered at the last second and managed to nail a beautiful landing.
Back to mapsat one, a higly sophisticated FIEAKSNATAWT™ (Fuck-Ion-Engines-And-Ksp-Not-Allowing-Time-Acceleration-While-Thrusting) maneuver was performed during 6 consecutive orbits in the daylight side to bring the satellite to a 45 degree inclination.
Mid-maneuver, Mapsat found its first unregistered anomaly! a few flickering pixels in the camera reveal something in a small valley, far below. What could this mysterious place be? a secret Koviet nuclear silo? It will, for now, remain a mystary!