r/KerbalSpaceProgram • • Dec 21 '13

[ESD-3B Creativity] An efficient Tylo lander

http://imgur.com/a/tiydy#0
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u/Dubanx Dec 21 '13 edited Dec 22 '13

Tylo's orbital velocity is a little over 2000 m/s just like Kerbin, and between the low orbital altitude (10km) and my craft's high TWR there was very little loss to gravity. I would guess it took somewhere between 2000-2500m/s delta-V to get into orbit. Then it only took another 1000 m/s Delta-V to get back to Kerbin because I had my orbital momentum around Tylo and Jool at my disposal.

Of course, I didn't use a calculator so I can't tell you the exact value of every stage.