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  • ...engine in "Closed Cycle" mode. Putting out 465.462 kN of thrust in Kerbin's atmosphere at mach 3.7 and 180 kN in vacuum, the CR-7 R.A.P.I.E.R engine is ...to the distance from Kerbol, you'd require 244 [[Gigantor XL Solar Array]]s (73.2 mass). The batteries are the obvious winner in this case.
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  • ...cond [[planet]] from [[Kerbol]], the closest planet to [[Kerbin]], and KSP's analogue for the planet [[w:Venus|Venus]]. It has one small moon: a capture |Eve is certainly the purplest object in the solar system. It’s one of the larger, most visible objects, mainly because of its very, very p
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  • |Gilly is a lumpy rock wandering around the orbit of Eve. It’s by far the smallest natural satellite that the Kerbal Astronomical Society Gilly's color might come from a high content of solid carbon. When terrain scatters
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  • ...system and ranks as the fourth largest. Known as the Kerbal Space Program's counterpart to Mars, it features a red-brown surface and polar ice caps aki ...ip from Kerbin to orbit around Duna and back requires approximately 1700 m/s of delta-v from Low Kerbin Orbit (LKO), assuming proper aerobraking and a b
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  • ...ximately half of its partner's surface. (It would be exactly half, but Ike's slightly eccentric orbit creates regions for which Ike can be seen to set a ...player's trajectory is near the plane of Ike's orbit. This is because Ike's sphere of influence is very high relative to the semi-major axis of its orb
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  • ...le:Jool_Atmosphere_T&P.png|thumbnail|left|Temperature and pressure of Jool's atmosphere as a function of altitude.]] ...a depth of 200,000 meters. Compared to the atmosphere of [[Kerbin]], Jool's atmosphere has 1875 times the mass, 50 times the surface pressure, and near
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  • ...rbit around Laythe from sea level requires a [[delta-V]] of ≈2900 m/s. ...which is dry, volcanic, and only has a tenuous atmosphere. Instead, Laythe's liquid ocean and dense atmosphere invite comparison with the [[w:Saturn|Sat
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  • Vall occupies a comparable orbital position to Jupiter's moon, [[w:Europa (moon)|Europa]]. Also like Europa, it is remarkably crater ...icantly more challenging than a landing on the [[Mün]], due to the former's higher gravity, more uneven terrain and distance from [[Kerbin]].
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  • ...s a relatively difficult target to visit. Its gravity is similar to Kerbin's, but without an atmosphere, there is no way to [[aerobrake]], and a large a ...s planned to be made into a high-contrasting body like [[w:Saturn|Saturn]]'s moon [[w:Iapetus (moon)|Iapetus]].<ref name="nova june">[http://forum.kerba
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  • ...your path?" You might hear this if you've been unlucky or had a bad night's sleep. Kerbalkind legend says this mishappen moon is the home of the infamo File:Bop_Crater.jpeg|thumb|A probe in front of Bop’s large crater, where the white coloration can clearly be seen.
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  • ...[[LV-T30 Liquid Fuel Engine|LV-T30]] has a vacuum specific impulse of 300 s. So here, we must apply the [[w:Tsiolkovsky rocket equation|Tsiolkovsky roc ...en in seconds it is necessary to multiply this value by <math>9.82\frac{m}{s^2}</math> (see also [[Terminology#isp|Terminology about I<sub>sp</sub>]]).
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  • ...icking. Doing this while in the editor can be helpful to determine a craft's delta V after it has been fully loaded. ...rvive [[Re-entry|re-entry forces]], or any landing that is faster than 7 m/s. Ideally, avoid any direct impact with this tank.
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  • ...st in lifting technology. Not only does it stay together during flight, it's sleek design makes your plane just that much speedier! Only carries Liquid ...k2 Liquid Fuel Fuselage is 14% higher than two [[Mk1 Liquid Fuel Fuselage]]s, which contain the same amount of fuel.
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  • ....45 units of liquid fuel, 0.55 units of oxidizer) it consumes. If a vessel's batteries are full, the Fuel Cell will reduce its fuel consumption to preve ...bases to produce fuel and electricity indefinitely. Unlike [[solar panel]]s, fuel cells provide power even on the night side of a planet or moon.
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  • Let's start from the top down: ...of the Mun, back to orbit, back to [[Kerbin]] orbit, and down into Kerbin's atmosphere. Sounds like a lot, but since most of this occurs in a region w
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  • ...aut. In addition to this, its gravity is rather larger than that of Kerbin's, at around 1.7 g; this means that Eve landers necessarily must be larger an ...easiest to reach. Yet returning from Eve is much more difficult due to Eve's powerful gravity and thick atmosphere. If you are an experienced player, or
    7 KB (1,275 words) - 03:43, 1 July 2024
  • ...efficiency, with a vacuum [[Specific impulse|I<sub>sp</sub>]] of 800&nbsp;s: higher than any other [[liquid fuel engine]] and the second highest in the ...to programming constraints, as stated in its parts.cfg file, and [[Squad]]'s unwillingness to add another tank type. Real NTRs run on liquid hydrogen, b
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  • {{Formula|math code=<math>I_{sp} = \frac{T}{\dot m \cdot g_0}, [I_{sp}] = s</math> ...ft:1em;">или</span> <math>I_{sp}= \frac{T}{\dot m}, [I_{sp}] = \frac{m}{s}</math>|where=
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  • ...et s'étend/se rétracte avec la touche {{Key press|G}} (par défaut). Il s'étend bien plus loin que son petit cousin le [[LT-1 Landing Strut/fr|LT-1] ...gues, les pattes LT-2 doivent être attachées le plus bas possible. Elles s'étendents assez bas pour être utilisées avec le [[Rockomax "Poodle" Liqu
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