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Duna and Beyond

Launch 1-21: Sullivan 1

4/18/2016

 
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Year 1, day 369.
Project: Sullivan.
Mission Objectives:
  1. Perform a flyby of Minmus.
  2. Record scientific data.
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We launch to Minmus when its ascending or descending node is above KSC into a slightly inclined orbit. This reduces the need for a mid-orbit inclination change.
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SECO occurs approximately four minutes into the flight.
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Positioning for a small, 4.8m/s inclination change.
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Using Minmus as a gravity slingshot, the upper stage is discarded while on an eventual escape trajectory from Kerbin. Unfortunately, decoupling forces knocked it off the escape trajectory.
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The experiments were performed on the closest approach.
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The probe on its way out of the Kerbin system.
Mission Summary:
  1. Perform a flyby of Minmus: success!
  2. Record scientific data: success!

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