OHM LADEE

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Author: brianj

Launch NASA's "Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer" spacecraft on the Minotaur V from Wallops Island.

Add-on includes:
Minotaur V launcher with optional ascent autopilot, 5th stage spin-motors and despin yoyos.
Minotaur V launch pad with mobile service tower, auto night lights.
LADEE spacecraft with Reaction Wheel attitude control.
Launch and post launch scenarios in Scenarios/LADEE folder.

Installation instructions and more info in /Doc/LADEE/LADEE_readme.txt

REQUIREMENTS
Launch scenario requires:
Vinka's "multistage2.dll" available at Vinka's website
http://users.swing.be/vinka/



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[Kyle]

Yes! I've been looking forward to flying this mission on Orbiter.

 

[romanasul]

God I love your addons, I always check every week for something new, realistic, and challenging to fly.

 

[IronRain]

Thank you very much for the add-on!

 

[boogabooga]

BrianJ always puts so much effort into these add-ons.

 

[Interceptor]

Thanks BrianJ,you always make the coolest addons,much appreciated.

 

[BrianJ]

Hey folks, thanks for the comments. Hope it's of interest to my fellow Orbinauts
As always, I had a lot of fun reading up on the mission, making the models, doing a little programming and figuring out how to fly it. And as always, learned a whole bunch of new stuff about trajectory planning, rocket engineering, lunar "atmosphere", etc.

All the best,
Brian

 

[I00I]

Looking forward to your explorations..

 

[TheMineGamer32]

I can't get to work the reaction wheels. Help me!:thumbup:

 

[BrianJ]

I can't get to work the reaction wheels. Help me!:thumbup:

Press either SHIFT key while using the NUMPAD keys. Make sure NUM LOCK is off.
If it still doesn't work, post your scenario and orbiter.log (after exiting scenario).

 

[TheMineGamer32]

It's repaired. Thank you!

 

[ZacharyS41]

My apologies for rebooting a dead thread, but is there any way to delete the fourth and fifth stage to make a Minotaur IV Lite?

 

[boogabooga]

IIRC, this is a multistage2 launch vehicle.

You should be able to do that via the ini file.

Read the multistage2 documentation for help.

 

[ZacharyS41]

IIRC, this is a multistage2 launch vehicle.

You should be able to do that via the ini file.

Read the multistage2 documentation for help.

I can't access Vinka's website since it is the only source for the document that I know of.

 

[boogabooga]

You can still get the documentation from the archive:
https://web.archive.org/web/20131206133940/http://users.swing.be/vinka/

I just checked that the d/l links still work.

Fred18 is right now working on multistage2015, perhaps he will make new documentation which you could use as well.

 

[BrianJ]

My apologies for rebooting a dead thread, but is there any way to delete the fourth and fifth stage to make a Minotaur IV Lite?

Hi,
if you look in the Config/Vessels/ladee/minotaurv.ini, you'll see that the 4th and 5th stages are actually included in the PAYLOAD section.

So all you need to do is remove the PAYLOAD section (or substitute your own payload) and maybe adjust the FAIRING offset down a bit.

Cheers,
Brian

 

[ZacharyS41]

Hi,
if you look in the Config/Vessels/ladee/minotaurv.ini, you'll see that the 4th and 5th stages are actually included in the PAYLOAD section.

So all you need to do is remove the PAYLOAD section (or substitute your own payload) and maybe adjust the FAIRING offset down a bit.

Cheers,
Brian

How about the Orion 38 upper stage? Any way to remake it?

 

[BrianJ]

Does the PegasusXL use an Orion38 (can't remember for sure) ? If so, you could use the mesh from Kwan & Kev's PegasusXL, and then add a 4th stage to the minotaurv.ini file, with the correct mass, thrust, etc.

 

[ZacharyS41]

Does the PegasusXL use an Orion38 (can't remember for sure) ? If so, you could use the mesh from Kwan & Kev's PegasusXL, and then add a 4th stage to the minotaurv.ini file, with the correct mass, thrust, etc.

Pegasus does use Orion 38 for its third stage.