It became immediately obvious that the terrain around the two polar regions differs greatly. The probe moved into a higher orbit and began mapping the surface. Add in the 1700 m/s for the transfer burn, and another 750 m/s for the correction and inclination change and the total delta-v was about 5300 m/s, not too shabby.Īfter establishing a stable orbit around Moho at an inclination around 85 o the Sat Map probe was released. The orbital capture burn wasn't too bad actually, around 2800 or so m/s. After a mid-course inclination change and correction burn the probe is on track for an intercept with Moho.Īrriving at a low periapsis over Moho. When the launch window arrives the probe's engines ignite, taking it on a course out of Kerbin's orbit and into the sun's. Picking up from where we left off, the Moho probe pack is all set for its transfer burn. I'll update soon with the probe mission to Moho and its initial survey, and I'll get into the first stages of the orbital station launch and construction. The pack carries a small orbiting Sat Map probe on top, four identical probe landers on the sides to scout possible landing sites, and a small probe rover on the bottom that will be used to survey the final base site. I'll end this initial post with the launch of the probe pack using my 30 ton vehicle. And the 40 and 50 ton launchers are basically the same, I just added a 3rd pair of boosters. The 5 to 20 ton launchers all use essentially the same booster rockets, just more of them. I tried to reuse components for each vehicle. There are two versions of the 30 ton launcher, for 2.5 and 3.75 meter payloads. This next series is my 20, 30, 40, and 50 ton launchers. And all of them are designed for use with fairings, without those an additional 10-20% can be added to the mass of the payload. All of these are capable of getting their respective payloads into LKO with around 50 - 200 m/s of delta-v to spare. There are two versions of the 10 ton vehicle, for 1.25 and 2.5 meter payloads. This first series, from left to right, shows my 1, 2, 5, 10, and 15 ton launchers. Not all of them will be used for this mission, but they should be nice to have in the future. I started by designing all of the launch vehicles. These will be designed to carry payloads from 1 to 50 tons into LKO. To facilitate the launching of so many components, and to preserve my sanity, I'll also be building a series of standard launch vehicles. Another vehicle will be designed to ferry crew from LKO to Moho orbit and back. A series of mostly reusable tugs will be used to ferry station and base components from my Minmus orbital station to Moho, where they will be assembled in orbit or on the surface. More details about the second station will be forthcoming. It will act as a rendezvous point and refueling station, and it will house two small landers for ferrying crew and supplies to the surface and back. One will be in a low, polar orbit above Moho. Two space stations will be created to service this outpost. A series of probes will be launched to map Moho's surface, explore possible landing sites, and gather data for the descent and on conditions at the surface. I am to establish a manned outpost on one of Moho's polar regions, complete with a research station, living space, and several exploration rovers. I'll keep this initial post short and outline the basics of my plan. Moho Orbital Station | Helios Solar Station | Moho Ground Base Part 9 We can't stop now Jeb, not when we're so close Part 3 Moho surface, and getting the tugs home For my next mission the administrators at KSC have decided to explore that often neglected and sun-baked inner planet, Moho.
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