Reusable Prototype Vehicle Type-01
Description: A robotic vehicle designed to reach low Kerbin orbit without jettisoning parts (single stage to orbit) and return to the surface. It contains a toroidal aerospike engine for great efficiency in the atmosphere and in space.
Mass at launch: 12002.5 kg
Mission objective: Launch into low Kerbin orbit, then de-orbit and land near the space center.
Going straight up until reaching an altitude of 10 km
Gravity turn
The RPV Type-01 in a stable orbit of 70 km
UI screenshot for proof
After one orbit was completed, the spacecraft deorbited on the opposite side of the planet from the mountains west of the space center. (note: This took several trial and error attempts, most of which landed in the ocean. I'm considering using the Mechjeb autopilot mod for the maneuvers that are too precise to be done manually.)
Plasma during atmospheric re-entry
Parachutes deployed at about 23 km above sea level
Fully deployed at 500 m above the surface
And thus concluded the flight of KASDA's first SSTO.
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