Flight Question Launch Windows

[fullarmor2]

What is the quickest and easiest way to get a good launch date for going from Pluto to Neptune? Any websites besides Cosmic train Schedule? That site doesn't show some outer planets including Pluto. Trans X was too hard to use for the purpose of finding a date. Although I used it to find a date for Mars to Jupiter, but for some reason Pluto to Neptune is much harder.

 

[TMac3000]

Try IMFD
The full manual is available on Orbit Hangar.

 

[asbjos]

As the orbital periods of Neptune and Pluto are so long 165 and 248 years), Hohmann transfer launch windows occur with periods of something like 200-300 years (I'm not sure, but it's a guess).

Therefore, you can't do much else than sit and wait and use the opportunity when you have it.

Of course, technically you can launch and do a transfer at any time you want, but most of the time your transfer orbit is a huge waste fuel.

 

[garyw]

Pluto is also more inclined to the eliptic than neptune and comes inside neptunes orbit. It may well be better to go from Pluto -> Jupiter -> Neptune.

 

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