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(Mooncrasher)
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Team Valiant
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Voyager Quest
Man on the Moon
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So um, this is my attempt.
Launch and docking with depot/kickstage
Some reshuffling and we ready to go. Drone was deorbited, no longer needed.
First burn done (gonna orbit around for more oberth effect)
Second burn done, on course for Venus. Did all this towards the end of the transfer window, that way I pass between Mercury and Venus and end up with smaller orbit later. This requires a bit more dV upfront, but this way I can spend it in LEO, where I benefit from Oberth....
Swinging past at 40km
Nice, just not too many m/s to encounter Mercury. Haven't even done a whole orbit since Venus yet.
Here we go....
To be continued.
Launch and docking with depot/kickstage
Some reshuffling and we ready to go. Drone was deorbited, no longer needed.
First burn done (gonna orbit around for more oberth effect)
Second burn done, on course for Venus. Did all this towards the end of the transfer window, that way I pass between Mercury and Venus and end up with smaller orbit later. This requires a bit more dV upfront, but this way I can spend it in LEO, where I benefit from Oberth....
Swinging past at 40km
Nice, just not too many m/s to encounter Mercury. Haven't even done a whole orbit since Venus yet.
Here we go....
To be continued.