Orbital Survey sat to Duna
Mar. 30th, 2024 04:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
the_sky_callsBefore sending my crewed mission to Duna to investigate the “mysterious signal”, I’m going to use the launch window to send an Orbital Survey craft to not only build a map but also to be a communications relay.
After the previous series of dV hungry launches to Jool and Moho, needing only 2,004 m/s of delta-V for the transfer and orbit is going to be an absolute piece of cake in comparison.
Mission Designation : SCAN-10
Rocket Model : EchoStar D-I
Total delta-V (to orbit) : 6,793m/s (2,444 m/s)
Surface TWR : 1.252
Total Mass (to orbit) : 42.79 t (1.086 t)
Dry Mass : 9.29 t
Part Count : 20
Height : 15.93 m
Width : 5.5 m
Length : 5.5 t
Mission Objectives : Orbit and scan Duna
The ejection burn goes off without a hitch and I am able to get an intercept with the north end of Duna’s sphere of influence. I will need a tiny mid course correction to pull the trajectory down to get a close flyby. Tiny, like 19 m/s.
After the previous series of dV hungry launches to Jool and Moho, needing only 2,004 m/s of delta-V for the transfer and orbit is going to be an absolute piece of cake in comparison.
Mission Designation : SCAN-10
Rocket Model : EchoStar D-I
Total delta-V (to orbit) : 6,793m/s (2,444 m/s)
Surface TWR : 1.252
Total Mass (to orbit) : 42.79 t (1.086 t)
Dry Mass : 9.29 t
Part Count : 20
Height : 15.93 m
Width : 5.5 m
Length : 5.5 t
Mission Objectives : Orbit and scan Duna
The ejection burn goes off without a hitch and I am able to get an intercept with the north end of Duna’s sphere of influence. I will need a tiny mid course correction to pull the trajectory down to get a close flyby. Tiny, like 19 m/s.
