Eastern Anterian Space Agency
The United Eastern Space Agency is a united space agency between members of the United Eastern Alliance. It's purpose is to develop, test, launch, and maintain launch and exploration vehicles dedicated for outer space. UESA (pronounced you-sa) began on January 8th, 2021 when the nation of the Trident Union proposed a bill to the UEA Council titled "Proposal: Founding of United Eastern Space Agency". In a few short days, all four member nations of the UEA voted "yes" to pass the bill. Thus, UESA was founded. It's headquarters was constructed in Pinal City of the Union, a large building. Currently, it is developing it's "Sapphire Program", a program to develop and use multiple launch vehicles for an orbit around Anteria.
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| Abbreviation | UESA |
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| Motto | To the stars, United. |
| Formation | January 9th, 2022 |
| Founder | United Eastern Alliance |
| Type | Space Agency |
| Legal status | Multi-State Owned Organization |
| Purpose | Space Exploration |
| Headquarters | 573 South Capital Commons Road, Pinal City, Pinal Province, Trident Union |
Members | Trident Union, Swinas, Respublica Hyliana and Hainekirk. |
Director | George Jowcowvf |
Budget | 5.7 billion |
| Website | www.uesa.com |
History
Early Beginning's of Space Travel
Within the member states of UESA, space agencies had been formed years before the united one was made. Three out of the four operated space agencies: The Trident Space Research Organization (TSRO), Hylian Space Agency (HSO), and the recently created Swish Space Agency (SSA) of Swinas. The TSRO was a short-lived agency which received minimal funding. It's main research went into missiles for the Template:Trident Defense Force, which helped create the first missiles of the Union. However, little research into human space flight and orbital flight took place, but it's research helped assist UESA with earlier endeavors into propulsion, aerodynamics, launch, re-entry, and other topics. Meanwhile, the Hylian Space Agency had conducted multiple designs, tests, and even a small rocket launch. It's research was invaluable, and served as the beginning basis of UESA's early small rocket launches. Finally, the Swish Space Agency has been created just days before UESA, meaning it was still beginning it's administration and founding. However, they would still form a part of UESA.
Proposal To Create UESA
Within the Trident Union, talks were taking place within the administration of Template:Jeanne Milgorn regarding the creation of a united space agency with another nation ever since it exited isolationism. But when the United Eastern Alliance was formed, and the Union joined it, the objective shifted from finding an ally to proposing to the alliance. This was even made clear during Milgorn's speech titled "Plan of 2022", in which she said "I'd like to create a united space agency with our alliance, the UEA, which will be beneficial to space research". And thus, the Trident Representatives in the UEA Council were informed about this decision and granted a proposal along with other talking points regarding it. A few weeks later, they presented the proposal to the entire UEA Council. In the UEA Council, home governments spoke to their representatives regarding the proposal, but there was little debate to oppose it. Thus, on January 8th, 2022, UESA was created.
Early Research of UESA
Once UESA was formed, it created a small legislature within itself to make major decisions, formed with the smaller agencies. These agencies all got one vote each, and would vote on separate proposal's similar to the UEA's council. Within this council, multiple decisions were made, including the construction of a headquarters in Template:Pinal City, the election of the first director George Jowcowvf, and administrative details. After a brief period of compiling research from the various agencies, UESA launched the Sapphire Program, a project to create a reliable space launch vehicle to reach anteria orbit by the end of the year. Currently, the Sapphire Program has begun, with research beginning into various topics. The first few months are likely to be like this, with a few small-scale rocket launches to test various systems.
Leadership and Administration
The United Eastern Space Agency operates under a small-scale representative management. It is mainly managed by a council of smaller space agencies, including the Trident Space Research Organization, Hylian Space Agency, Swish Space Agency, and Hainekirk Space Exploration Organization.
Crafts
Experimental Launch Vehicle's
Amélia Rocket
The Amélia Rocket was a small two-staged launch vehicle, the first launch vehicle developed by HSA agency. It was independently designed, tested, and produced by the Hylian Space Agency of Template:Respublica Hyliana. The rocket was mainly designed to test various systems as with most experimental craft's. The craft was a small ten meter two-staged rocket, with a twenty-foot first stage solid rocket booster with LOX fuel. It used three "Jeter 9" rocket boosters, capable of taking the rocket on a sub-orbital flight path. The rocket was controlled by a flight computer, not capable of human-rated flights. It's payload was a small three ton's, which was rarely used at full capacity. Rather, the rocket usually carried scientific equipment or had various additions to it so to test systems and capabilities. The last stage was seperation of the payload into space, and in later Amélia launches, a recovery system of parachutes was put into place. The first launch, titled Amélia 1, took place before the formation of UESA. The Hylian Space Agency conducted the launch, their maiden flight of the launch vehicle. However, it ended in failure when the rocket veered off course and crashed. The second launch, Amélia 2, was a resounding success for UESA and the HSA, with the launch vehicle crossing the Karman Line. This was the first time a UESA rocket reached this height, a major success. The third launch, Amélia 3, likely will be a test of new RCS (reaction control system) and recovery systems designed by both Swish Space Agency (parachute) and the Trident Space Research Organization (TRSO). Overall, Amélia Rocket's were a major success for UESA, and the first major vehicle of the agencies early days.
Rijgaba Launch Vehicle
The Rijgaba Launch Vehicle was a small two-staged launch vehicle, a larger experimental rocket capable of reaching sub-orbital flight. Primarily created by research from multiple agencies, but mainly from the Trident Space Research Organization, this was a more powerful rocket to experiment systems and designs. The craft was also small, about twenty-five meters in height. Like Amélia, it used LOX fuel, though other fuel types were mixed it. Four new "Rkyaba G4" was equipped on the first stage of the vehicle. The first stage was a large booster, in reality a heavily modified ballistic missile. After multiple Amélia flights, it was equipped with multiple systems including RCS, Parachutes, heat shield's, and a a capsule being developed (the Rijgaba 1 was the maiden flight of the vehicle on January 24th. The launch began in success, with the vehicle clearing the tower and achieving thrust. However, during Max Q, the rocket experienced structural collapse when the nose cone fractured. Fragments of the nose cone struck various parts of the rocket at high velocities, which caused the rocket to veer out of control before the flight computer aborted the flight. However, Rijgaba 1 was the first test of the launch stage, which went correctly along with the gravity turn, and engineers were able to analyze data from the failed launch to perfect the next launch. Rijgaba 2 was the second flight just shortly after the first, on February 11th, 2022. The rocket was equipped with RCS systems, parachutes, improved stage adapters, and a heat shield to test both systems. With success, the rocket passed Max Q, and achieved sub-orbital space flight in a record breaking flight. The rocket planned to simply reach a high altitude at a medium Anteria orbit, which it did with a apoapsis of 1738.4 kilometers altitude. Upon re-entry, the Rijgaba capsule experienced re-entry heat, and successfully weathered through. Finally, it made splashdown far off the coast of the Trident Union, though not all landing parachutes deployed.
Leap Experimental Launch System
The Leap Experimental Launch System (LELS) was a medium-sized four-staged launch vehicle, a more sohpisticated rocket to conduct basic research and prepare for the first major launch vehicle. It was capable of launching a small payload of ten tons to a low anteria orbit. Deisgning began near the middle of 2022, with research, testing, and designs from over seventeen launches of the Amélia and Rijgaba. With system designs and blueprints coming from all four space agencies, it was the first truly united creation of UESA. After aerospace engineers in the UESA Headquarters of Pinal City designed the rocket with the existing systems, it began construction in Template:Swinas, overseen by the Swish Space Agency. LELS uniquely had four stages: three solid-rocket boosters (SRB's), a primary stage, an upper stage, and the payload stage. Overall, LELS was a tall fifty meters. The first stage was the three SRB's. The design first tested on the Rijgaba Launch Vehicle, it was proportioned up for LELS, providing extra thrust to reach goals. They were large fuel tanks equipped with solid rocket fuel, which were attached with stage adapters to the size of the launch stage. Once it's fuel tanks were empty, the SRB's would be jettisoned and would be recovered with parachutes. It used one "Rkyaba G19" engines per SRB. After SRB jettison, the laucnh stage would begin. The launch stage was a large fuel tank fueled with liquid hydrogen, equipped with three large Hylian "Jeter 23" engines, it provided a massive amount of thrust to reach the upper atmosphere, where it would pass the Karman line and have a sub-orbital trajectory. Then, once jettisoned, it would burn it's engines to slow itself down near the ocean as to recover the booster. Finally, the upper stage was a new stage to insert the payload into a low-Anteria orbit. It was powered by one "Jeter 9" engine to propel it forward with a small fuel tank of LOX fuel. LELS could reach a low-Anteria orbit with max payload and launch stage recovery. Without launch stage recovery and about 25% less of a payload, LELS could reach a geo-stationary orbit, which was tested and occurred during LELS 3.
Capsules
Rijgaba Capsule
The Rijgaba Capsule was the first human-rated capsule designed for space travel. It consisted of the final stage of multiple spacecraft's, including the Rijgaba Launch Vehicle, LELS, and Space Exploration Cruiser. In 2023, it will conduct the first launch of a human into orbit by UESA. The capsule was designed by the Swish Space Agency primarily, with the overall goal of the capsules design being delegated to them. It's basic systems were created by the SSA with research from it's own agency, but other agencies contributed with tests, research, and data. The capsule was first manufactured in Template:Swinas, before being exported to Pinal City where it was launched on the Rijgaba 4 mission. Afterward's, it was used in multiple missions as test payloads on multiple rockets. Plans were announced in December of 2022 that in February 2023 a manned mission around the Earth would be launched. The capsule consists of both an unpressurized cargo hold, launch escape system, and the pressurized capsule. The unpressurized cargo hold of 7.5 cubic meters. This is used primarily for unsensitive cargo. The cargo hold is detached after reentry, and has it's own landing system of parachutes and small retro-thrusters. Finally, on it's underside is a small extended block. This is called the engine block, with has a small fuel tank and engine for deorbiting the capsule. The pressurized capsule is designed for sensitive cargo and humans. It has multiple life support systems including radiation protection, oxygen, and others. It separates from the cargo hold in landing, where it uses multiple parachutes and retro-thrusters to land. The Rijgaba Capsule was first tested on the mission Rijgaba 4, which used the Rijgaba rocket. It was mostly a success, with the capsule succeeding in orbital maneuvering, de-orbiting, and reentry. During landing, it was mostly successful, with all drag parachutes opening. However, due to an issues with communications, landing parachutes did not deploy, causing the capsule to land at fifty meters per second into the ocean. It experienced severe damage, but still was recovered. For most other missions on the Rijgaba, Amelia, LELS, and newly
Programs & Mission's
Early Launches
Amelia Program
The Amelia Program was a major program primarily created by the Hylian Space Agency, before being converted to UESA