Guide talk:DY sublight series
Roster
Heavy Launch Vehicle
DY-T (1989)
Heavy Launch Vehicle
- carries fuel or other cargo
- must be large enough to carry a single DY-B1/B2
Transports
DY-50 (1989)
Experimental Transport
- No DY containers
- 1 circular airlock for 2-person transfer capsule (on dorsal of tower)
- escape capsule on aft-side of tower
- both the mock shuttlebay (ventral) and the rudimentary cargo area (dorsal) have identical clamshell doors
- gantry connector between "cargo" mid-section and engineering/booster section
- detailed launch booster is shown below
- credit to DA jbobroony for visual inspiration
DY-100 (1990)
Transport
- Ortho1: unloaded view
- Ortho2: 5 containers (fwd position, ventral on up)
- Ortho3: 10 containers (5 fwd, 5 aft)
- Ortho4: all 16 containers
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Auxiliaries
Launch Boosters
DY-A1 (1990)
- early launch system for DY-100s
- tri-boosters (as depicted)
- maybe has atmospheric fairings that are shed in orbit?
- no radiators please
DY-A3
- Ortho1: Single booster rocket based upon above image
- Ortho2: 4x cluster, attached to DY-100
- Ortho3: 6x cluster; attached to DY-100 (as in above image)
Interplanetary Boosters
DY-B1 (1990)
- Ortho1: Single booster diagram (like above)
- Ortho2: Paired boosters attached to DY-100, as for cislunar flight