Fifth Launch to Jool
Mar. 28th, 2024 05:44 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
the_sky_callsI tried building a new launcher but didn’t like where it was going and so decided to launch my last rocket to Jool with the same design that I had just used previously
Mission Designation : SCAN-9
Rocket Model : EchoStar J-I
Total delta-V (to orbit) : 10,334 m/s (6,258 m/s)
Surface TWR : 1.19
Total Mass (to orbit) : 438.33 t (75.56 t)
Dry Mass : 80.85 t
Part Count : 72
Height : 38.03 m
Width : 3.16 m
Length : 8.18 m
Mission Objectives : Orbit and scan Joolian moons
Like its predecessors, it will need a mid-course correction in about 8 Kerbin weeks to get a good flyby.
My fleet of Orbital Survey craft were each launched 5 days apart but because of orbital mechanics will me arriving at Jool’s sphere of influence only one day apart. That is going to make for a busy week when they all need separate maneuver nodes in their attempts to get to each of Jool’s moons.
It’s 20 days to the Duna transfer window.
Mission Designation : SCAN-9
Rocket Model : EchoStar J-I
Total delta-V (to orbit) : 10,334 m/s (6,258 m/s)
Surface TWR : 1.19
Total Mass (to orbit) : 438.33 t (75.56 t)
Dry Mass : 80.85 t
Part Count : 72
Height : 38.03 m
Width : 3.16 m
Length : 8.18 m
Mission Objectives : Orbit and scan Joolian moons
Like its predecessors, it will need a mid-course correction in about 8 Kerbin weeks to get a good flyby.
My fleet of Orbital Survey craft were each launched 5 days apart but because of orbital mechanics will me arriving at Jool’s sphere of influence only one day apart. That is going to make for a busy week when they all need separate maneuver nodes in their attempts to get to each of Jool’s moons.
It’s 20 days to the Duna transfer window.
