Altaïr
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Here comes the last mission I need to get team Frontier, the Mars mission. And as I will do it with IRIS, this will be a great trip, this will need several flights.
The first step will be to send a small space station around Mars, that will stay in Low Mars Orbit and will mainly serve as a fuel depot.
Here is the first part of that station, launched with the Obsidian:
However, the launcher itself is not enough to reach orbit. That was anticipated, the small drone will provide the few extra m/s needed before reentering the atmosphere:
Now the second part of the station, launched with the Obsidian too:
That one is easy to fly in orbit:
And finally, rendez-vous and docking with the first part:
The station is now assembled.
Now it's time to send it to Mars:
That injection burn costed a lot of fuel! Hopefully, to satellize around Mars I can use Mars atmosphere. Here comes the very hazardous aerobraking maneuver!
The solar panels are retracted, and let's go for a very toasty experiment:
Nothing was burnt, you can check, the station was designed to survive that step.
This pays off, but I need another pass:
Much better.
Now I can finish the satellization by myself.
To be continued...
The first step will be to send a small space station around Mars, that will stay in Low Mars Orbit and will mainly serve as a fuel depot.
Here is the first part of that station, launched with the Obsidian:
However, the launcher itself is not enough to reach orbit. That was anticipated, the small drone will provide the few extra m/s needed before reentering the atmosphere:
Now the second part of the station, launched with the Obsidian too:
That one is easy to fly in orbit:
And finally, rendez-vous and docking with the first part:
The station is now assembled.
Now it's time to send it to Mars:
That injection burn costed a lot of fuel! Hopefully, to satellize around Mars I can use Mars atmosphere. Here comes the very hazardous aerobraking maneuver!
The solar panels are retracted, and let's go for a very toasty experiment:
Nothing was burnt, you can check, the station was designed to survive that step.
This pays off, but I need another pass:
Much better.
Now I can finish the satellization by myself.
To be continued...