【KSP】Astron I-L return to Kerbin | Astron #14
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after the successful landing of the Astron I-L on the surface of the Mun, the next challenge for the crew is to return to Kerbin, completing the entire mission.
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launch and orbital insertion of the Astron I-L around Mun was done successfully, and rendezvous operations were done to acquire more fuel from the orbiting Astron I-F tanker. after refuelling and undocking, the Astron I-L performed the trans-Kerbin injection burn successfully, bringing its orbit down into Kerbin's atmosphere.
because of a design flaw that was introduced to the newer versions of the Astron, the heat load that the vehicle can handle dropped, risking the destruction of the vehicle and the death of the crew. so instead of a direct descent into landing, the Astron I-L opted for aerobraking for a medium Kerbin orbit. another Astron I-F (which was heavily-modified in preparation for Astron II) was sent to refuel the vehicle, so that it can slow itself down to low Kerbin orbit. with lower velocities, the vehicle was able to survive reentry, and touchdown (quite roughly) on water.
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i was procrastinating a lot after the Mun landing video because i thought i wouldnt have enough time to make another video that can replicate the quality of the previous one. but i didnt like the idea of having unfinished projects while i work on new ones, i decided to just edit this and get this out of the way. because of that, i used an older music, "trans-lunar injection", for this video, and didnt even try matching the quality of the previous one.
i might end up too busy to do more of these, so this might be the last one for now. i hope you enjoy this series.
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