Kirin Ajax is an expendable 2-stage hydrolox heavy-lift launch vehicle capable of 23.5-33.2 tonnes to LEO depending on the variant.

The KA-2-M variant uses 2 Triton H-2 gas generator engines and 2 Hawk 793 SRBs on the Kirin first stage and a single Iris H-2V hydrolox electric pump-fed engine on the Ajax (A.H.U.S-9) upper stage. The KA-2-M variant also uses a standard 13.5m fairing and can take 23.5 tonnes to LEO.

GENERAL INFO

  • Created On: Windows
  • Game Version: 1.3.115.0
  • Price: $16,945k
  • Number of Parts: 108
  • Dimensions: 55 m x 5 m x 8 m

PERFORMANCE

  • Total Delta V: 4.5km/s
  • Total Thrust: 4.1MN
  • Engines: 5
  • Wet Mass: 1.93E+5kg
  • Dry Mass: 60,708kg

STAGES

Stage Engines Delta V Thrust Burn Mass
1 4 2.9km/s 3.9MN 2.4m 1.93E+5kg
3 1 1.6km/s 241kN 5.6m 60,368kg

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    There is a slight code issue where the first stage throttles to 30% after passing 45km in altitude, it can be fixed either by throttling back up or by removing that part of the code

    11 months ago

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