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Perfect P7 Orbit V3

NO DLC NEEDED! - This rocket is my all time No. 1 favourite rocket design.

The rocket tilts towards the horizontal 90° degree angle (= East) automatically when taking off. All you have to do is to activate the control help system ("SAS" in English) and select PROGRADE. The rocket will do the rest until the solid boosters burn out. You SHOULD turn up the throttle up to max when taking off. The liquid rocket is supposed to stabilize your flight. You will end up in a high Kerbin orbit if you do this.

As soon as the solid boosters burn out, detach them. Wait until you are above 70.000 m before turning the rocket towards orbital trajectory (the line between the brown and the blue on the navigation sphere) and activate the secondary burn close to apoapsis (highest point). Until reaching apoapsis, you don't need to do anything else. You can shut off the engines (by pressing "x").

After reaching a stable orbit, all you have to do is to deccelerate and wait. The rocket will reenter the atmosphere and turn to the front side automatically. All you have to do now is to pitch up the nose a bit and activate the parachutes.

You can also just select the RETROGRADE direction and lean back while the craft slows down significantly by itself (no energy needed - the rotations are intended!). The rocket will land automatically anywhere (land/sea/mountains) and requires no special landing skills or maneuvers. You will probably still have >1000 Delta V left when landing. There is no risk of injuries for your tourists/astronauts even when opening the chutes late, because the ship lands diagonally and engine first, so that the crew compartment can't be damaged very easily.

You can transport up to 7 people to orbit without a problem.*
There are 2 solar panels on the rocket now so that it doesn't matter on which side of the rocket the sun is, you will not run out of energy in orbit (anymore)

Have fun and earn easy tourist money fast with this fabolous rocket design!!!

* The design needs a pilot, because it is designed to be as low-tech as possible. You can easily replace the pilot with a drone core/AI if available. The solar panels are not necessary if you are not staying in space for a long time.