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S1 SRB-KD25k is the only solid rocket booster with [[flag]] painted on it.
 
S1 SRB-KD25k is the only solid rocket booster with [[flag]] painted on it.
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== Description Contradiction ==
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Even though the description states the booster is designed to be recovered it does not have any features conducive to recovery. It does not have high impact tolerance and as a solid rocket booster it is unable to be restarted for a soft touchdown and even empty is quite heavy requiring two parachutes to land it intact. In fact the equipment for recovery ends up costing more than the empty booster so the majority of the value recovered would be from the recovery equipment, not the booster itself!
  
 
== Product description ==
 
== Product description ==

Revision as of 14:19, 13 October 2016

S1 SRB-KD25k "Kickback" Solid Fuel Booster
Part image
Solid rocket booster by
Kerbodyne

Radial size Small, Radial mounted
Cost (total) 2 700.00 Funds
(dry) 1 140.00 Funds
Mass (total) 24.00 t
(dry) 4.50 t
Drag 0.2-0.3
Max. Temp. 2200 K
Volume  ?
Impact Tolerance 7 m/s
Research Tech tree heavy rocketry.png Heavy Rocketry
Unlock cost 8 000 Funds
Since version 0.23.5
Part configuration part.cfg
Solid rocket booster
Maximum thrust (1 atm) 593.86 kN
(vacuum) 670.00 kN
Isp (1 atm) 195 s
(vacuum) 220 s
Fuel consumption 41.41 Units of fuel/s


Thrust vectoring No
Fuel 2600.0 Units of fuel
Burn time (1 atm) 55.7 s
(vacuum) 62.8 s
Testing Environments
On the surface No
In the ocean No
On the launchpad Yes
In the atmosphere Yes
Sub orbital Yes
In an orbit Yes
On an escape No
Docked No
Test by staging Yes
Manually testable Yes

The S1 SRB-KD25k is a solid rocket booster even larger than the Rockomax BACC Solid Fuel Booster. While the specific impulse is identical the amount of thrust is slightly more than twice of the BACC SRB. The amount of fuel is almost tripled.

The SRB-KD25k might be a reference to the Five-Segment Boosters, a component of Space Launch System.

Thrust can be regulated with tweakables, minimum required for booster to lift its own weight off Kerbin surface is 32.5%.

S1 SRB-KD25k is the only solid rocket booster with flag painted on it.


Description Contradiction

Even though the description states the booster is designed to be recovered it does not have any features conducive to recovery. It does not have high impact tolerance and as a solid rocket booster it is unable to be restarted for a soft touchdown and even empty is quite heavy requiring two parachutes to land it intact. In fact the equipment for recovery ends up costing more than the empty booster so the majority of the value recovered would be from the recovery equipment, not the booster itself!

Product description

This super heavy booster is designed to be recovered after jettisoning. Once recovered, it is refurbished and refueled for another launch.

Changes

0.23.5
  • Initial release