Parker probe challenge

kozzie

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As Parker probe has been sent yesterday, here is a small challenge on this theme :)
The NASA is desperate to send a probe as close as possible to the Sun. Their contractor failed to provide a Falcon Heavy for this task, so they have no other choice but to use their most powerful launcher apart from this one, the mighty Delta IV Heavy:
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The challenge is: reproduce that launcher and its payload, and try to put it in orbit around the Sun, by minimizing the periapsis as much as possible. In case you manage to reach the atmosphere, don't go into it, and minimize the apoapsis with what's left of fuel.

That's a skill challenge. Approaching the Sun is quite easy, getting really close will require an accurate trajectory and technic ;)

@Siradmiralchicken : I saw you posted a Parker challenge first, but I actually had this idea by myself, so I still wanted to share it ;)
I was looking through a couple profiles, and decided to see what the master of gravity has as his first post. So, here's my Parker Solar Probe.

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Grav Assists:
3x Lunar
1x Venutian (Below atmosphere)

(Also, I completely forgot I added solar panels.)
 

Altaïr

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Haha nice :p

It wasn't my first post however. I registered in april 2018 and contributed since my first day of registration. It's possible that some very old discussions have been deleted however.
 

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Haha nice :p

It wasn't my first post however. I registered in april 2018 and contributed since my first day of registration. It's possible that some very old discussions have been deleted however.
I swear the first post you made was helping people with engine characteristics or something
 

Altaïr

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I swear the first post you made was helping people with engine characteristics or something
Maybe my first thread, but my first post was in a discussion in which the devs were asking people's opinion about the game interface. I believe it's been deleted since then.