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OK so I've done some reading and searching, but reliably calculating launch azimuth still escapes me. I've set up a scenario on Europa as attached - two DeltaGliders, one in orbit the other on the ground at (0,0). I get into the DG on the ground, set up OrbitMFD with the other DG as target...

So yesterday I discovered this: http://eyes.nasa.gov/ Which looks like it will help me a great deal with visualising trajectories in general, and in particular to understand what's going on during an eject burn. A topical example is setting the visualisation to Juno's launch window to see...

So, maybe I'm being mildly daft or maybe I'm just skipping over the right tutorial. Somebody please point me in the right direction? Yesterday, I watched flytandem's Voyager slingshot** tutorial, then set it up myself. No problem there, it even felt like I (mostly) understood what I was...

Hi all! You may have heard of the public service strikes in South Africa - as a result, there is a shortage of high school textbooks. Mark Homer, a fellow at the Shuttleworth Foundation, has some open-source textbooks (almost) ready to go, but they need a final review before going to the...

Hi all I'm facing a problem with IMFD v5.4 running on Orbiter 2010. Other modules I have running are: OrbiterSound 3.5 ScnEditor Other stuff installed includes: All 3 XR vessels including soundpack UMMU & UCGO DGIV including Soundpack Earth L11 textures LaunchMFD (disabled) TransX...

So I've been reading the descriptions and pros & cons of various different orbits on this page: http://www.orbitermars.co.uk/stdorbit.htm To check my understanding, can somebody please help me out with some comments on the following? If I had just undocked with the ISS and wanted to go to the...