![]() **I also had Supersonic Flight researched at the time of design, but I didn't use any parts from it. That one had one fewer AJ-10 stage, but burned many stages longer than rated burn time. *There was a prior, similar launch before I had Test Flight installed, that was in an unstable 132x1100 km orbit. While my score will likely turn out to be atrocious, I'm still proud of this rocket: my first* orbital launch in RP-0, with a 40-ton mass limit, and only three** tech tree nodes used: Start, Early Orbital Rocketry, and Early Construction. Shamelessly stealing a good idea from the Juno 1 launcher, after 4'th stage burnout, during coast to apoapsis, I lined up with the horizon, span up on the nitrous oxide thrusters, and fired 3 Baby Sergeant stages, also shamelessly stolen from the Juno 1. The fourth stage is the last controlled stage, with a single AJ-10, an A-4 guidance unit (600 kg, no SAS, which made the second stage failure really interesting to fly with), and 12 44.8N nitrous oxide thrusters with 26.48 kg of nitrous oxide to play with. The second stage is 6x early AJ-10s, of which one suffered a Test Flight-induced malfunction. The first stage is a pair of RD-100 engines, plus 767kg of procedural avionics. ![]() The payload placed into orbit masses 78 kilograms of which 12 kg (antenna, extra battery, thermometer, barometer) was not needed for ascent. So, I think I'll snipe the leaderboard whilst I can.
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