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Hello. I searched online and forums and didn't see this addressed:

Out of curiosity why would you want to launch a rocket without a satellite, in effect throwing out 1000 space science packs?

Curious why the option to launch one without the satellite even exists as opposed to by design just forcing the player to have a satellite as yet one more of the requirements to launch a rocket?

Thanks in advance for any info - was just curious as if there's a reason to do so that I was unaware of.

There is an achievement if you launch a rocket with a fish in it

You can also launch yourself into space:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGr9olVIasU

Mods can also make use of alternative cargo:
https://mods.factorio.com/mods/Klonan/MIRV
https://mods.factorio.com/mods/Superche ... n%20Cannon

Ah ok - figured there had to be a reason. Thank you.

Maybe you should mark the first part of your comment as a spoiler. Nothing wrong answering the question, but it's a hidden feature on purpose after all.

Serenity wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2020 3:26 pm

There is an achievement if you launch a rocket with a fish in it

You can also launch yourself into space:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGr9olVIasU

Mods can also make use of alternative cargo:
https://mods.factorio.com/mods/Klonan/MIRV
https://mods.factorio.com/mods/Superche ... n%20Cannon

You can also win the game by launching just an empty rocket. This is (as far as I know) a deliberate design choice since you don't need any military science to achieve that and therefore you don't end up with a lot of stuff you don't need when playing without biters.

Also: As an example shown here (Cave: Spoiler!)

There is also the secret "" achievement...

https://wiki.factorio.com/Achievements

SilentLight wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2020 3:00 pm Curious why the option to launch one without the satellite even exists as opposed to by design just forcing the player to have a satellite as yet one more of the requirements to launch a rocket?

It counts as finishing the game for there is no spoon etc. In older versions true I think a completely empty rocket made a lot less sense (alternate cargo is not the same!).

I actually just did it trying to get lazy bastard at same time on a default map. It took me a lot of time after to get the 2,000 each pack space science research.

Although I guess if the game didn't allow it would have restarted and tried harder.

SyncViews wrote: ↑Wed May 20, 2020 8:27 am
It counts as finishing the game for there is no spoon etc. In older versions true I think a completely empty rocket made a lot less sense (alternate cargo is not the same!).

The basic game "win" required a satellite launch until 17.0 :

https://wiki.factorio.com/Version_history/0.17.0#0.17.0

"The game is won by launching a rocket, the Satellite is only for getting Space science packs."

You could also put some junk into the rocket as an expensive way to get rid of it.

You have to test your rocket first : quite often, the first rocket experiences rapid unexpected disassembly (KSP player here), you wouldn't want your payload to be vaporized the same way