The InterStellar Observation Program is working to further the development of the international launch cadence by commissioning it’s interstellar probe to the world space flight community for long term regular launch
Nestled in this fantastic little probe is the most fantastic algorithmic intelligence ever conceived, in its core is a telescope observatory capable of the autonomous evaluation of interest in an approached star system as well as directing a plan to the six detachable satellites surrounding this hub
Launched from the smallest, cheapest rocket possible to escape the Sun, this probe will unfurl a great solar sail composed of 7 linked sails to catch the solar wind, maximize its velocity and make final corrections on the path to its select system
Once it has escaped the solar wind it will turn toward its destination for its long cold journey, sending one last status update to Earth before going to sleep
Some probes will journey for centuries though the first will take merely decades before they awake, the telescope begins its analysis of the system as it begins to brake in the solar wind; looking for the 6 most interesting planets or moons it will orchestrate the satellites into various orbits and begin relaying data to Earth on its precision laser, in addition to the observation satellites are atmospheric probes of various sorts which can be assigned as desired as the satellites separate
First commissioned launch:
SpazX StarPick1
Funded by public donation through Planetary International
Nice reserve for the obligatory Moon burn,
Then twice past the Moon got me away from Earth the usual cheap way...
No hurry escaping the Sun on this mission schedule, but with a bit of fuel still left in the 2nd stage I decided to burn big for Venus as my planned alignment was quite off...
Plenty of room to practice,
SpazX doesn’t know the meaning of fail!
After Venus, Earth offered 2 assists but on the 2nd the Moon got in the way...
I just Han Solo’d it
Shooting off the nosecone got me +1m/s
GJ Solo, past the Moon and just right for an Earth assist that shot the probe right out the Sun system
...and almost back at the Earth, wonder if that’s possible
And there’s my final this go around before it gets its back to the Sun and deploys its sail
Target is upward of 100 launches/year in the next decade and continuing indefinitely as a baseline program to help stabilize the space flight economy around the world,
Already there are novel builds planned for systems of key interest and to promote its spectacle while the InStOP probe’s continued development can only get better and promise more
Nestled in this fantastic little probe is the most fantastic algorithmic intelligence ever conceived, in its core is a telescope observatory capable of the autonomous evaluation of interest in an approached star system as well as directing a plan to the six detachable satellites surrounding this hub
Launched from the smallest, cheapest rocket possible to escape the Sun, this probe will unfurl a great solar sail composed of 7 linked sails to catch the solar wind, maximize its velocity and make final corrections on the path to its select system
Once it has escaped the solar wind it will turn toward its destination for its long cold journey, sending one last status update to Earth before going to sleep
Some probes will journey for centuries though the first will take merely decades before they awake, the telescope begins its analysis of the system as it begins to brake in the solar wind; looking for the 6 most interesting planets or moons it will orchestrate the satellites into various orbits and begin relaying data to Earth on its precision laser, in addition to the observation satellites are atmospheric probes of various sorts which can be assigned as desired as the satellites separate
First commissioned launch:
SpazX StarPick1
Funded by public donation through Planetary International
Then twice past the Moon got me away from Earth the usual cheap way...
No hurry escaping the Sun on this mission schedule, but with a bit of fuel still left in the 2nd stage I decided to burn big for Venus as my planned alignment was quite off...
Plenty of room to practice,
SpazX doesn’t know the meaning of fail!
Already there are novel builds planned for systems of key interest and to promote its spectacle while the InStOP probe’s continued development can only get better and promise more