Rigel
Swingin' on a Star
Copycat
Biker Mice from Mars
ET phone home
Voyager Quest
Floater
Registered
This is my second entry for Team hawk: A mission to Ganymede!!!
Here is my rocket. Two stages, with two boosters. On top of it, my spaceship, with a pair of solar pannels, an antenna, and a lander. More than enough to reach Jupiter:
Now the launch up to Earth orbit:
Ok, Now I burn my second stage to get to Jupiter. I do it in a way so that my "perijovian" coincides, more or less, with the orbit of ganymede:
When I get the closest to Jupiter, I deccelerate enough to get in a very eliptic jupiter orbit, with the perihelion just in Ganymede orbit. Then I slightly modify it until I get un an encounter trajectory with Ganymede.
Ok. During my encounter with Ganymede, I use my engine to get into a stable orbit around it. Then my lander separates and lands. Touchdown!!!
Time to leave. I go back to orbit, and rendevouz with the main ship. After that, I detach the useless parts of the lander, and keep the capsule:
I burn most of my remaining fuel to get a trajectory towards Earth:
(continues)
Here is my rocket. Two stages, with two boosters. On top of it, my spaceship, with a pair of solar pannels, an antenna, and a lander. More than enough to reach Jupiter:
Now the launch up to Earth orbit:
Ok, Now I burn my second stage to get to Jupiter. I do it in a way so that my "perijovian" coincides, more or less, with the orbit of ganymede:
When I get the closest to Jupiter, I deccelerate enough to get in a very eliptic jupiter orbit, with the perihelion just in Ganymede orbit. Then I slightly modify it until I get un an encounter trajectory with Ganymede.
Ok. During my encounter with Ganymede, I use my engine to get into a stable orbit around it. Then my lander separates and lands. Touchdown!!!
Time to leave. I go back to orbit, and rendevouz with the main ship. After that, I detach the useless parts of the lander, and keep the capsule:
I burn most of my remaining fuel to get a trajectory towards Earth:
(continues)