My Missions to the Outer Planets
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Time to continue the refueling station.
Once in LEO, the rocket docked with a small refueling station that carries about 100 tons of fuel to refuel.
Unfortunately, there was not enough fuel in the refueling station to completely refuel the rocket, so she will have to dock with another station in a slightly lower orbit.
And this is one very close approach.
And docked! Once refueled, the rocket will head off to Saturn and dock with the fuel module already in orbit. Once the refueling station is complete, it will serve as a travel hub, where rockets and shuttles can refuel before heading off to any of Saturn's moons. Time to get to work.
Once in LEO, the rocket docked with a small refueling station that carries about 100 tons of fuel to refuel.
Unfortunately, there was not enough fuel in the refueling station to completely refuel the rocket, so she will have to dock with another station in a slightly lower orbit.
And this is one very close approach.
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Well, this took awhile. I got through almost an entire album of music while doing this.
Once refueled, we waited for Saturn to get into position. And when Saturn did, the transfer burn began.
When the rocket is just outside of Saturn's SOI, I'll lower the periapsis into Saturn's atmosphere to areo brake.
Once the periapsis was lowered, the rocket continued it's journey.
After that, another pass through the atmosphere was made to lower the apoapsis even more, saving precious fuel. After that, the periapsis was raised to match that of the fuel module.
Now it's time to dock.
And docked with under 5% of fuel remaining! Mission complete! I've definitely learnt some stuff from this, so that's a bonus. Time to take a break, this took awhile.
Once refueled, we waited for Saturn to get into position. And when Saturn did, the transfer burn began.
Once the periapsis was lowered, the rocket continued it's journey.
After that, another pass through the atmosphere was made to lower the apoapsis even more, saving precious fuel. After that, the periapsis was raised to match that of the fuel module.
Now it's time to dock.
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Since in 1.5 engine sizes have been changed, well, I gotta fix up some builds for stuff to work. I've changed some stuff up on Xabari, main part being that I removed it's launchpad for now. Now with 1.5, she's capable of 130 tons to LEO.
I'll get to work on my station later. Time to fix shit and have some fun.
I'll get to work on my station later. Time to fix shit and have some fun.