Project Helios Kick-Stage

[francisdrake]

The company Impulse Space is developing a 14 ton Methan / LOX kick-stage called Helios.

It shall lift a 5 ton payload from LEO to GEO within a day, speeding up the deployment of satellites and saving their on-board fuel.
When used on a Falcon9 it can help to retain the booster, thus lowering the overall launch cost.

A test version is in the Helios-00.zip below. Included are two scenarios, one on a Falcon9, the other one on a VulcanCentaur.
How to reach geostationary orbit is described in the documentation.

 

[gattispilot]

I want this to launch the LTV lander. But missing the module?

Could not load vessel module: Helios
[Vessel::LoadModule | .\Vessel.cpp | 5747]

 

[francisdrake]

Sorry, the Modules folder was missing.
It is now included in the revision Helios-01.zip above.

 

[gattispilot]

Thanks. but not seeing the zip

 

[francisdrake]

Hm, looks I missed to upload the new zip. Now it is uploaded in the first post.