【KSP】Astron I LMO refuelling demo | Astron #11

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Published on August 31, 2021 12:17:15 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwhTolXvo1E

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Kerbal Space Program (2015)

Duration: 8:42

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to prepare for any Mun exploration missions, i proceeded to launch an Astron I-F to low Mun orbit to serve as a fuel station, and another Astron I-F to put more fuel in the station. the two launches and orbital operations are only supposed to serve as an experiment on how effective a low Mun orbit refuel is, and is not planned to be part of the infrastructure of future Mun explorations, but might as well serve as a back-up in case of emergencies.

the two launches were both successful, but the same spinning problem at stage separation still occurred. the modified parachute placements on the booster caused rough touchdowns, and only the engine sections were recovered. the trans-Munar injection were nominal, but the capture burn for the first vehicle happened very late (i did not notice that the time warp wasn't set to stop at the maneuver node) and the second vehicle entered Mun's SOI at a different angle than the first, which meant the orbital rendezvous was particularly inefficient. but the rendezvous and docking were both successful. unfortunately, topping the fuel tank on the first vehicle meant leaving none for the second, making it unable to return to Kerbin. a possible future modification for a station variant of the Astron I-F would be installing multiple docking ports to accommodate multiple tankers.

i wasn't feeling particularly well mentally, so i wasn't able to make myself do a much more ambitious mission. i know a crewed Mun landing is way overdue now, so i'll try to rush the schedule a little bit later on, considering classes are about to start again here. for the music, i just slapped in "scheduled leisure time" because i didn't really have that much to work with for now.

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