Starlink
Add-on for Orbiter2016


REQUIREMENTS
Falcon9 for Orbiter2016
https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/falcon9-for-orbiter2016.291/


 INSTALLATION
Extract all files to the root of your Orbiter2016 program directory, preserving the directory structure. This should NOT overwrite anything in the standard Orbiter package.


WHAT'S IN THIS ADD-ON?
The SpaceX Starlink satellite and launch scenario for sixty sats aboard Falcon9 from KSC, 24 May 2019, 02:30 UTC, and forty six sats aboard Falcon9 from VAFB, 11 July 2022, 01:39 UTC.

Operation and installation instructions in /Doc/Starlink folder, scenario in Starlink folder on Orbiter launchpad.



MISSION OVERVIEW
FalconHeavy autopilot is set for 165 x 440 km orbit at 54.8 deg.inc.equ.
Retract strongback.
1st Stage booster EDL-only to OCISLY.
FRV is on station to collect recoverable fairings.
Make manual burn at apogee to circularize orbit at 440km.
Jettison StarlinkStack for simultaneous deployment of 60 sats.


MORE INFO HERE...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starlink_(satellite_constellation)


STARLINK SPECS
Empty Mass		227kg
Propellant Mass		50kg
Main Engine		0.01N
Main Engine ISP		11000 Ns/kg

Auto Deploy - 2000 seconds after jettison from Falcon9 Upper Stage, satellite activates Nadir pointing, deploys solar array.

No Linear or Rotation RCS - attitude control by Reaction Wheels/Torguers.

Manual Controls
[G] = Deploy Solar Arrays
[K] = Nadir Pointing On/Off
NUMPAD = Reaction Wheel/Torquer Attitude Control
Functional Prograde/Retrograde/OrbitNormal/OrbitAntiNormal/KillRot (default buttons).



Happy orbits :-)
BrianJ
May 2019