Face with new mission/contract to test a new fuel system in space OOPS engineers decide the B series could do it with small modifications. The reasons were the B series of rockets were simple and achieved the altitude needed for the test.
Our scientist also wanted more gravity data from space. This meant the new rocket would need more batteries because gravity data was large and took a bit to transmit. The all fell into place with the Tanager 2 Experimental.
OOPS executive felt the engineers went a bit overboard on the batteries but the engineers assured them they need that much in case the craft "accidentally" got into orbit. So the designed remained intake and the launch proceeded.
The mission was a success as Tanager 2 x achieved the alitude of 81 km and we were able to collect some gravity data.
However something strange happened as the Tanager 2 X did not explode in the atmosphere as expected, it actually crashed in to Kerbin soil.
This suggested that reentry not only had something to do with speed but also the crafts angle. Intrigued OOPS scientists and engineers began pouring of the data from Tanager 2 x flight to figure out the proper reentry procedures for space craft.
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