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A moment after passing perigee of moon's gravity assist on the way to Mars , saved tons of fuel yet still can be enhanced to save more...thank you Mr. Moon

GENERAL INFO

  • Created On: Windows
  • Game Version: 0.6.8.1
  • Planetary System: SolarSystem
  • Planets: 6
  • Game Time: 73.0 days

CRAFTS

Name Location Part Count Mass Altitude Velocity
Mars optimised Luna 67 44,405kg 77 km 1.16 km/s

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    I'm looking for a gravity assist where the craft will be "slingshot" through Brigo, Luna, and T.T. and into Sergeea's SOI. Could you please help me? Thank you.

    one month ago
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    Idk

    +1 3 months ago
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    Dev Pedro

    @crowxe It's in the top corner with warp

    5.3 years ago
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    @pedro16797
    Oh that's specific and I don't even know how how to view calendar or date and time in the game. I'll have to watch the whole video when I get WiFi. Thanks a lot for the info

    5.3 years ago
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    Dev Pedro

    @crowxe you can check the transfer that I use in the BFR video. It's in Year 1 Day 344 at 10:40 aprox

    5.3 years ago
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    @pedro16797
    Great . How far is it when the orbit is complete? For me the minimum was dozens of times (or hundreds of times) the gravity field of Mars which takes tons of fuel to push it there.

    5.3 years ago
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    Dev Pedro

    @crowxe I have a couple of nice windows for Cylero transfers

    5.3 years ago
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    8,398 crowxe

    @pedro16797
    Maybe later I'll work on time window to launch to Mars (again with angles, not calendar) I did that to find the moon window, by calculating the time of half the orbit and how many degrees the moon covers during that time

    5.3 years ago
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    Dev Pedro

    @crowxe ah, I thought you were going to Mars directly

    5.3 years ago
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    8,398 crowxe

    @pedro16797
    looks like you talking about Mars , unlike the moon, i don't have launch window for Mars ,i only make an orbit that is tangiant to Mars orbit and wait for luck lol. but even for the Moon i don't know days and hours, just angles window

    5.3 years ago
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    Dev Pedro

    @crowxe but do you know the year/day/hour?

    5.3 years ago
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    @pedro16797
    Lol too many usages of the word "window" but anyway, I adjusted time window for escape burn and lunar day (60 degrees before the moon being eclipsed by earth)

    5.3 years ago
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    Dev Pedro

    @crowxe ...

    The window is the instant of time ingame :/

    5.3 years ago
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    @pedro16797
    Windows 10 on tiny Asus laptop, frame rate sucks

    5.3 years ago
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    Dev Pedro

    Which window are you using?

    5.3 years ago
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    @crowxe wow thank you

    +1 5.3 years ago
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    I call it mars lol always will lol @crowxe

    +1 5.3 years ago
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    @mjdfx150529
    Luna and droo is easy to remember , Cyclo is a bit hard :) but i try

    5.3 years ago
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    208 Reen1

    @crowxe 10q!

    +1 5.3 years ago
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    It’s called Luna & Cylero btw

    5.3 years ago
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    @Reen1
    A bit of Wikipedia (for orbit time equations ...etc) and trial & error in this simulator)

    5.3 years ago
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    208 Reen1

    i trust you, ... where and how did you self-study about orbits?

    5.3 years ago
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    @XjayIndustrys
    I do the gravity assist behind the moon in a manner that the craft enters the moon's gravity before reaching apogee, the time window for that is waiting for the moon position to be around 150 degree clockwise from where you'll start your escape burn.

    For using that gravity assist for mars you need to have the above mentioned configuration when the moon is nearly eclipsed by earth (or several degrees before that)

    +1 5.3 years ago
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    cool,
    how'd you do it?
    in front or behind the moon?
    is there a specific window?

    +1 5.3 years ago

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