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Colonizing Duna... and Beyond

Launch 5-13: Polar GravSAT

3/31/2016

 
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Year 5, Day 157.
Mission Objectives:
  1. Place satellite in polar orbit.
  2. Collect gravimetric data.

​A night launch! We have a contract to put a satellite into a polar orbit, which we'll use to conduct a tiny bit of science. This will also be our first launch of a DEUCES mk 0 rocket.
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Payload: GravSAT
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Lifter: DLSv3 Delta II
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Solar eclipse at sunrise.
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The DEUCES mk 0 before transfer burn.
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After the burn, the satellite is deployed. It will circularize on its own.
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In the satellite's final orbit, high above the ice caps.
Mission Summary:
  1. Place satellite in polar orbit: success!
  2. Collect gravimetric data: success!

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