Tag Archive: Orbital

Feb 13 2021

Ascension Mk3 Flight 1 (Kerbin III Attempt 1)

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Mission Dispatch

Once again pushing things to the limit the new Ascension Mk3 fails to achieve an optimal ascent, suffering a similar failure to the first Mk2 however this time the payload was at least able to be recovered via controlled abort

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Dec 17 2020

Kerbin II

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Mission Dispatch

Our second attempt at orbit went more as planned, with the satellite taking long-term science observations, proving orbits are stable above the atmosphere and teaching us new lessons on orbital operations and recovery

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Sep 24 2020

Ascension Mk2 Flight 2 (Kerbin II)

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Mission Dispatch

Continued iteration leads us to attempting another orbital insertion with the Mk2, hoping to take the payload the full distance this time rather than leaving Kerbin II to fend for itself. Will the upgraded Viklun stage be able to handle it?

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Feb 24 2020

Kerbin I

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Mission Dispatch

The first probe to orbit Kerbin, this served as a valuable test bed for operations, control, power, etc and even the mission itself, not going as planned, provided invaluable experience to our new orbital operations crew

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Jul 17 2018

Ascension Mk1 Flight 2 (Orbit Attempt 2)

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Mission Dispatch

After failing to reach orbit on our first attempt, adjustments have been made to the ascent profile to get the rocket horizontal sooner and hopefully push our periapsis out from under the ground on this second attempt

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Jun 08 2018

Ascension Mk1 Flight 1 (Orbit Attempt 1)

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Mission Dispatch

Our first orbit-capable rocket makes its debut flight after months of testing and development and a few false starts leading up to launch. The hopes of this flight lie upon an engine that has seen a lot of use already in testing…

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