![]() We're going to make a somewhat more powerful LV than the historical Vanguard by using the Soviet RD-103 ethanol/LOX engine as our first stage engine, instead of the much smaller but more efficient X-405 that the Vanguard actually used. While it was not a terribly successful LV, the same design principles-a kerolox first stage, a pressure-fed hypergolic second stage, and a spin-stabilized solid kick motor-were used, and indeed the Vanguard second stage and kick motor themselves were used, on the Thor-Able and Thor-Delta line of LVs, the most-flown, most-successful set of launch vehicles in the United States. This tutorial is focused on building a launch vehicle substantially like the United States's Vanguard LV from the mid 1950s. You must have access to the Early Orbital Rocketryand Early Avionics nodes and have breached the Karman line (i.e. This tutorial builds off what you learned in the Getting Started tutorial and will teach you how to design, build, and fly a rocket that will place an artificial satellite in orbit. Please refer to newer tutorials, such as the Early Career Tutorial. ![]() NOTE: This tutorial was last updated in 2016 and is out of date. ![]()
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