Real time mission around the Moon on Orbiter Live Missions!

[fausto]

Orbiter Live Missions team and Orbiter Forum italia are proud to announce the first complete live, real time simulated mission ever!
On August 11, 2011 at 13:09:00 UTC a Jarvis M rocket carring Antares LR capsule will be launched from Cape Canaveral. Its mission: a journey to the Moon to orbit it 10 times and a journey back. Apollo 8 style!
It means that all the mission is going to be shown 24 hours per day, with a countdown here:

http://www.livestream.com/orbiterlivemissions

Further details and ideas on the following days!

 

[agentgonzo]

...the first complete live, real time simulated mission ever!

Yeah, I'm pretty sure this isn't going to be the first time this has been done.

 

[Urwumpe]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure this isn't going to be the first time this has been done.

I am pretty sure by witnessing one, that it isn't the first, not even the first around the moon. But it is possibly the first that could be watched online.

 

[Fabri91]

But it sure is the first time such an event is made by FOI! Looking forward to it.

 

[fausto]

But it is possibly the first that could be watched online.

Yes, that's what i mean. The first live event!

We choose that date because it's an optimal launch window for Moon transfer.

 

[fausto]

First Flight Plan:

08/11/2011 - 09:00:00 UTC - Countdown starts
08/11/2011 - 13:07:42 UTC - final countdown starts
08/11/2011 - 13:09:00 UTC - Launch
08/11/2011 - 13:19:00 UTC - 200x200 km orbit achievement
08/11/2011 - 14:59:00 UTC - TLI burn
08/11/2011 - 16:30:00 UTC - HES5 stage - Antares LR separation
08/12/2011 - 19:30:00 UTC - First correction window
08/13/2011 - 19:30:00 UTC - second correction window
08/14/2011 - 13:30:00 UTC - third correction window
08/14/2011 - 16:30:00 UTC - final correction window
08/14/2011 - 19:28:00 UTC - Lunar orbit inserction - 150x150 km - 8 degrees inclination
08/15/2011 - 19:30:00 UTC - Lunar Orbit EVA
08/16/2011 - 13:30:00 UTC - Orbit change 150x450 km - high altitude Moon view
08/17/2011 - 20:00:00 UTC - Last earthset
08/17/2011 - 20:30:00 UTC - TEI burn
08/20/2011 - 21:00:00 UTC - Capsule separation
08/20/2011 - 21:30:00 UTC - Splashdown

 

[fausto]

New flight plan: Orbit Lunar Inserction one day delay (August 15)

08/11/2011 - 09:00:00 UTC - Countdown starts
08/11/2011 - 13:07:42 UTC - final countdown starts
08/11/2011 - 13:09:00 UTC - Launch
08/11/2011 - 13:19:00 UTC - 200x200 km orbit achievement
08/11/2011 - 14:59:00 UTC - TLI burn
08/11/2011 - 16:30:00 UTC - HES5 stage - Antares LR separation
08/12/2011 - 19:30:00 UTC - First correction window
08/13/2011 - 19:30:00 UTC - second correction window
08/14/2011 - 19:30:00 UTC - third correction window
08/15/2011 - 04:00:00 UTC - final correction window
08/15/2011 - 08:00:00 UTC - Lunar orbit inserction - 150x150 km - 8 degrees inclination
08/15/2011 - 19:30:00 UTC - Lunar Orbit EVA
08/16/2011 - 13:30:00 UTC - Orbit change 150x450 km - high altitude Moon view
08/17/2011 - 20:00:00 UTC - Last earthset
08/17/2011 - 20:30:00 UTC - TEI burn
08/20/2011 - 21:00:00 UTC - Capsule separation
08/20/2011 - 21:30:00 UTC - Splashdown

 

[Robitaille_Fan]

Don't forget the correction windows post TEI! :lol:

 

[fausto]

During our two days orbital flight around the Moon we are looking for the following landscape:

August 15:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gassendi_(crater)

[ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fra_Mauro_formation"]Fra Mauro formation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]

August 16:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copernicus_(lunar_crater)

These are primary mission goals. Further landscape views in the following days!:thumbup:


Mission Logo:

 

[Pipcard]

Good luck on your mission!

 

[fausto]

ALR-M1 Splashdown site, scheduled for august 20 at 21:53 UTC

 

[PhantomCruiser]

If you are wanting some good screenshots, Avsim has a very nice looking Copernicus crater. It worth the download for "eye-candy".

 

[astrosammy]

Cool! Don't forget the TLI! That happened to me on a realtime Apollo mission to launch the crew for a lunar base. I was lucky and had enough fuel left...

I never completed that one, but as I landed at a base the crew is safe and ready to return.

 

[fausto]

If you are wanting some good screenshots, Avsim has a very nice looking Copernicus crater. It worth the download for "eye-candy".

Thanks! The problem is frame rate, which slowes down rapidly when Livestream live software is running.. Copernicus Crater view is scheduled for August 17, after 09:00 UTC. We have level 11 moon textures, i think they are enaugh for my super computer.. :lol:

 

[fausto]

MISSION SCRUB:

Launch time has moved to thursday september 8 at 11:19 UTC because of technical problems.. Soon further details!

 

[Goth]

Like in real life space missions: postponing! :lol:

 

[fausto]

New ALR-M1 mission flight plan:

09/08/2011 - 05:30:00 UTC- countdown starts
09/08/2011 - 11:17:42 UTC- final countdown starts
09/08/2011 - 11:19:00 UTC- launch
09/08/2011 - 11:29:00 UTC- 200x200 km orbit achievement
09/08/2011 - 13:12:00 UTC- TLI
09/08/2011 - 19:30:00 UTC- Antares LR - HES5 lunar stage separation

09/09/2011 - 19:30:00 UTC- mid course correction- first window

09/10/2011 - 19:30:00 UTC- mid course correction- second window

09/11/2011 - 12:30:00 UTC - mid course correction - third window
09/11/2011 - 16:00:00 UTC - mid course correction - fourth window
09/11/2011 - 18:00:00 UTC- Lunar Orbit inserction: 155x155 km orbit

09/13/2011 - 19:30:00 UTC- Lunar orbit EVA - 1 hour 30 minutes

09/15/2011 - 12:30 UTC- orbit change: 155x350 km - Copernicus Crater view
09/15/2011 - 18:30 UTC- TEI

09/16/2011 - 19:30 UTC- mid course correction- first window


09/17/2011 - 19:30 UTC- mid course correction- second window


09/18/2011 - 12:30 UTC- mid course correction- third window
09/18/2011 - 19:30 UTC- mid course correction- fourth window
09/18/2011 - 21:05 UTC- SM-CM Antares separation
09/18/2011 - 21:38 UTC- splashdown

Three days in lunar orbit. Mission objectives:
Apollo 11 landing site view
Apollo 12 landing site view
Apollo 14 landing site view
Gassendi Crater
Copernicus Crater

Flight plan could be modified. Soon further details!

 

[Izack]

Good luck this time, FOI!

 

[fausto]

Mission launch t-6 days

 

[Therius]

I'm anxious to check this out. I've never had the patience for doing missions in real time. I would like to know the mission planning technique used for their mission plan.