Baikal

Baikal Program


The Baikal program was Ej’s third attempted to build an STS esq orbiter. It was the successor to the Lovell and and main precursor to Collins. Some of the notable features of Baikal are its outward opening doors much like the STS and Buran orbiters. Also notable is that like Armstrong and Lovell it was built before KSP update .21 which added the new SAS system and SAS torque, so to maintain stability the Baikal could only use its massive RCS system. The Baikal class orbiter also had a jet engine for better landing, a 3m cargo bay for all sorts o f payload, an efficient OMS system using 2 LV-T45 engines on orbit, and the ability to deliver a full orange tank (Dongers Probe) into Low Kerbin Orbit.

Missions
Baikal flew multiple missions over a period of a few months. Mostly delivering Dongers probes into LKO, The Baikal flew the early pieces of the Hadfield station.

The Name "Baikal"
The real Baikal was a proposed and half built orbiter 2.0 for the Buran program.