Launch 2-8: VCASS-2 (Minmus Polar Orbiter)

9/7/2016

Year 2, day 173.
Customer: Vac-Co Advanced Suction Systems.
Mission Objectives:

First stage sep.

Coasting to apo after SECO.

Performing transfer burn to Minmus.

Deploying payload, which completes transfer burn.

Large orbital adjustment burn after entering the SOI of Minmus.

Orbital insertion burn around Minmus. Approximately 250km x 250km.

Performing multispectral scan.

Biome and gravitational scans complete, the satellite drops down into a 25km x 25km orbit.

A final set of gravitational readings are made near the surface of Minmus.

Mission Summary:

The Rules

Rocket launches must be fully automated using kOS and SmartParts.
Launch vehicles must have self-contained guidance, and not rely on payloads.
Long-duration, non-cryogenic stages must use low-efficiency engines to simulate hypergolic fuels.
Crewed vehicles must be flight-certified before they carry any crew.
Crewed vehicles may not use SRBs.
AntennaRange / USI LS (in K.I.A. mode) will be used.
Missions must be progressive:
1. Uncrewed before crewed.
2. Suborbital/flyby before orbital.
3. Orbital before landing.
Launches are permitted every 23 days on Kerbin.

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