Orbital Survey sat to Ike
Apr. 1st, 2024 06:05 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
the_sky_callsNothing special. Just sending a second Orbital Survey satellite to build a map of Ike while the Duna launch window is open.
Mission Designation : SCAN-11
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 Ike
Unlike the previous mission, though, the intercept trajectory I work out is equatorial to Duna instead of polar. It will swing around into an equatorial orbit to set up the intercept with Ike, which should be easy because Ike’s gravity well is so large relative to Duna.
Mission Designation : SCAN-11
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 Ike
Unlike the previous mission, though, the intercept trajectory I work out is equatorial to Duna instead of polar. It will swing around into an equatorial orbit to set up the intercept with Ike, which should be easy because Ike’s gravity well is so large relative to Duna.
