File:Orbital refuelling.png

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A prototype rocket (left, controlled remotely) docks with a tanker (right) stationed in Kerbin orbit to refuel prior to departing for solar orbit. This allows the rocket to reuse its second stage as a transfer stage, which enables a heavier payload to be projected into space without requiring an unreasonable launch vehicle.

Note monopropellant reserves: the ship just squeaked through the docking operation due to problems with the RCS configuration. The next version of this ship will have more thrusters and more RCS fuel.

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current13:40, 5 May 2017Thumbnail for version as of 13:40, 5 May 20171,680 × 1,050 (845 KB)Omaha (talk | contribs)A prototype rocket stops at a tanker stationed in Kerbin orbit to refuel prior to departing for solar orbit.
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