Kerbal Space Program

Kerbal Space Program

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Craft Type: Plane
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27 Jun, 2018 @ 9:40am
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SSTO 24 Seats

Description
SSTO exclusively designed to carry 24 tourists in LKO up to 400km (certified 425km).
Then they are transferred to another vessel to go farther in the Kerbin system or to a Sun orbit.
Can be controlled unmanned, can wait in the desired orbit then redock and bring back the kerbals to the ground.​
How I fly this plane :
1/ Start with RAPIERs full trust.
2/ Wait until the very end of the runway to take off.
3/ Aim a 10-12° angle until you reach a 18km altitude
4/ Here start the nuclear engines
5/ Switch the mode of the RAPIERs when your speed does not increase anymore (you should be around 1500m/s).
6/ Aim prograde (usually 5° below) to reduce drag, close intakes and burn rapiers in internal mode
7/ When AP is 60km you should run out of OX. Finish burning to the desired AP on nuclear engines only, then circularize.

You should have plenty deltaV left for rendezvous and docking then deorbiting and still have enough dV to find a good landing site on Kerbin.