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ESA 120t Lifter

Jun 3 2019 Note: Drag profile of the station seems to have changed, launch system no longer reliable. It can lift any other stuff but not the Elbe station.

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Stock lifter designed for the Space Station "Elbe" (122t wet weight): https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1646724007

To use, first load the "Elbe" (or anything else you want to launch), then open craft list and select this lifter, click "merge"(bottom left) and attach it to the bottom docking port. THEN MAKE SURE TO CHECK STAGE SEQUENCE!

Note that it has a universal docking port to match the ones on the Elbe. Problems like "1.25m port connects to 0.625m port thus unable to undock" is theoretically possible to occur, but luckily it always functions well for me.

In real life, such a ring station should be assembled in orbit, but in KSP, it’s not quite possible for this particular design. So I made this lifter, it's capable to deliever the whole station to LKO (with its own tanks still full) or Munar orbit (with barely any fuel left). Hold prograde and use VERY gentle gravity turns, slowly reaching 45 degrees pitch at 20000m, fire Terrier engines after 2nd booster pair seperation or once above 25000m, and it should be all good.