#SSTO

2025-11-02

A less realistic, but maximally fun SSTO.

These tilt-engines are way more powerful and efficient than what I usually use in KSP, to the point where they probably are unrealistic af. That’s why I didn’t even bother with the TWR or dV this time. But having one part that can do a tilt engine is SO nice. If you want it to be a bit more realistic, I guess you can lower the thrust limiter. 

Its very power hungry, but it comes with an internal nuclear reactor which has a heatsink slapped on to it. This way it can run for quite a long time before running out of juice. Some capacitors also help extending that time. The cargo bay doors can also act as radiators if opened.

The COM is very carefully balanced so this thing is stable both in horizontal and vertical flight, the RCS is centred and the docking port aligns with it reasonably well. (you can dock it to the front of a mothership and it won’t make it spin out of control. If you want to use the engines to propel the other ship though, you might spin)

#spaceart #digitalart #muellermeier #krita #KSP #blueprint #SSTO #spaceplane #VTOL #Kerbal

Digital drawing of a KSP VTOL SSTO blueprint
R.L. Dane :Debian: :OpenBSD: :FreeBSD: 🍵 :MiraLovesYou:rl_dane@polymaths.social
2025-09-30

Time to play some #KSP.

I ♥️ #SSTO's with NERV nuclear motors. :D

Update: put a big liquid fuel station with no on-board oxidizer into a perfect 300km orbit above Kerbin, using only a single NERV engine for orbital maneuvers. It... works... if you're patient. ;)

(0.06 orbital TWR!!! 😂)

I need to add some RCS fuel to refill my SSTO, so I'll send up a smaller probe with just RCS fuel, and several reaction wheels to help turn the big fuel tanker around.

The reason for having the fuel tanker run on only liquid fuel is that I'm running an older version of KSP that lacks the vent part that lets you get rid of unwanted oxidizer. So it's best to just pump it into the massive tanks on the fuel station. Then maybe later on a different craft that actually wants oxidizer can come pick it up. The two NERV engines on my SSTO are powerful enough for a Műn landing, so I'm not worrying about carrying oxidizer anywhere. It's just there initially to help the SSTO get into orbit using the two RAPIER engines in closed-cycle mode.

Man, this game is so stupidly fun. XD

Ichinin :verified: :verified_paw: ✅🎯🙄Ichinin@infosec.exchange
2025-07-05

So, easier to make SSTOs with a full tech trees. The dedicated dual mode engine that can flip from Air Breathing to Closed Cycle makes it a snap.

The only challenge at this point is to determine the point of much fuel of each sort (LOX + Liquid Fuel) to bring before it becomes inefficient. Oh yeah, and to identify drag (the Red lines in the picture with flight dynamics turned on).

Anyways, unsurprisingly the flight went well - as always for this Kebal vet. End result is one 4 slot (2 x 2 large bays) cargo bay so it can haul REALLY BIG cargo up into orbit.

#kerbalspaceprogram #ksp #ssto

2025-05-03

More KSP stuff. A heavy lifter SSTO that is designed to deliver large payloads into orbit. In theory it is fully IVA traversable, but some of the OPT parts don’t support freeIVA.

#space #spaceart #digitalart #muellermeier #SSTO #KSP #Kerbal #blueprint #spaceplane #krita

Fictional blueprint for a cargo SSTO (with modded parts from the game Kerbal space Programm)
2024-12-13

ReNova SSTOロケットの水上着陸についての情報です。
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0g-Nq4xgdo

ロケットエンジンは環状に配置され、混合シャroudがエアダクトを通じて推力を増加させる仕組みぽい。
#ssto #parachute #nasa

Michael Khan bei #SciLogs:
"
Reaction Engines ist pleite
"
".. Firma existiert .. seit 1989. Ihre Aktivitäten gehen .. auf .. Konzept von 1984 zurück. Damals arbeitete die britische Industrie an .. HOTOL. Das habe ich damals als Student der Raumfahrttechnik verfolgt, erst enthusiastisch, dann zunehmend desillusionierter."

scilogs.spektrum.de/go-for-lau

11.11.2024

#England #GreatBritain #Hotol #RB545 #Raumfahrt #ReactionEngines #SABRE #SpaceFlight #Skylon #SSTO #UK

2024-11-12

McDonnell Douglas X-33 SSTO Landing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lp66sZ9NodQ

シングルステージ到軌道Reusable打ち上げ機の開発に関する情報です。ロッキード・マーティンが選ばれ、コスト削減を目指すのです。
#ssto #nasa #spacex

2024-10-25

McDonnell Douglas X-33 ISS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zM1k9iY3cs

NASAがSSTO再利用型打ち上げロケットの開発を進め、Lockheed MartinのX-33が選定された。目標は宇宙へのアクセスコスト削減と経済競争力向上。
#ssto #nasa #spacex

2024-10-04

McDonnell Douglas X-33 SSTO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxD32WedwRw

NASAがSSTO再利用型ロケット開発計画を進め、1996年にLockheed MartinのX-33デザインを選定。宇宙へのアクセスコスト削減と新しい宇宙サービス提供を目指していた。
#ssto #nasa #vulcan

2024-10-02

Although there are many projects, how come there are still no SSTO spaceplanes? Not even the promising #SKYLON has been heard from by now.
#astronautics #ssto #space #spaceexploration #future #spacecraft #spaceflight

youtube.com/watch?v=Mk16En1qqE

Alan Boylealanboyle
2024-09-25

Seattle-based isn't a billionaire-backed player in the launch industry, like Elon Musk's or Jeff Bezos' Origin. But the company is trying to do something bigger players haven't done - build a single-stage-to-orbit space plane - and they've just finished an initial round of ground taxi tests in Abu Dhabi with a prototype plane. geekwire.com/2024/radian-aeros

2024-09-24

マクドネル・ダグラス X-33 SSTO 再利用ロケット
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UF1V82d8Og

NASAがSSTO再利用型打ち上げ機計画を進め、Lockheed MartinのX-33デザインが選ばれた。目標は宇宙へのアクセスコスト削減と新たな宇宙サービスの促進。
#ssto #nasa #spacex

2024-05-11

マクドネル・ダグラス X-33 SSTO再使用型打ち上げ機
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LRtht3zrro

NASAがSSTO再利用型打ち上げ機の設計を受け入れ。Lockheed MartinのX-33が選ばれる。RLV技術プログラムはNASAと業界の協力により宇宙へのアクセスコスト削減を目指す。
#ssto #nasa #spacex

Alan Boylealanboyle
2024-04-03

A -area startup called has revised the specifications for its proposed orbital space plane, and one of the company's founders says a subscale prototype could be built as early as this year. geekwire.com/2024/radian-aeros

Illustration: Radian One space plane in orbit
2022-12-13

@arstechnica Jan 19, 2022 #Radian announces to build a #SSTO #spaceplane ✈️ which could lift five people 👨‍🚀 and 5,000 pounds of #cargo 📦 into #orbit 🌎 arstechnica.com/science/2022/0

Picture : #VentureStar single-stage-to-orbit spaceplane size comparison en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VentureS

#RocketScience #ReusableLaunchVehicle #SpaceCompany

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