OHM Europa Clipper-Beta

[OrbitHangar]

Author: gattispilot

Europa Clipper-  This a beta.  Required addon are
SLS for Orbiter https://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=7174
MS2015

IMFD.

 



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[gattispilot]

Like I said if someone want to help test/do docs. Have at it. The only issue we have encountered is a ctd after in flight you exit and reload. But we believe it is a MS2015 issue

 

[Kyle]

No problems on my end. It's also been recently announced that EM-1, Europa Clipper, and EM-2 will all fly on the Block I SLS, as opposed to the Block IB.

 

[gattispilot]

No problems on my end. It's also been recently announced that EM-1, Europa Clipper, and EM-2 will all fly on the Block I SLS, as opposed to the Block IB.

Thanks. Where did you see that?

 

[Kyle]

Thanks. Where did you see that?

https://spacenews.com/nasa-adding-more-sls-block-1-launches-to-manifest/

https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/22/17380476/nasa-space-launch-system-block-1-europa-clipper-mission

 

[gattispilot]

Interesting but the Block1 as designed now I don't think can take the clipper. Or for EM2 any part for the gateway?

 

[Kyle]

Interesting but the Block1 as designed now I don't think can take the clipper. Or for EM2 any part for the gateway?

Not from a standard ~200km LEO parking orbit, but it can from an elliptical parking orbit with an apogee of ~11,000km (I've been able to use your addon to do it, and the real plan is to use an elliptical parking orbit. EM-1, for example, will have an initial parking orbit of 137 kilometers by 1806 kilometers).

 

[gattispilot]

Ok. I guess I need to make new fairings to match the icps.

---------- Post added 07-16-18 at 06:01 AM ---------- Previous post was 07-15-18 at 11:29 AM ----------

So this is a new scn, meshes, cfg. I haven't made a new guidance file.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ae6wzCI8AqwmNhaOBRKCTTAl6cStnRPw

But this will allow you to launch the E Clipper using Block 1 and ICPS

 

[emin2004]

Ok. I guess I need to make new fairings to match the icps.

---------- Post added 07-16-18 at 06:01 AM ---------- Previous post was 07-15-18 at 11:29 AM ----------

So this is a new scn, meshes, cfg. I haven't made a new guidance file.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ae6wzCI8AqwmNhaOBRKCTTAl6cStnRPw

But this will allow you to launch the E Clipper using Block 1 and ICPS

can you do the JEO https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/82/JEO-exploring.jpg

 

[gattispilot]

@Kyle.
Can you launch the clipper and get to Europa using the block 1

 

[Kyle]

@Kyle.
Can you launch the clipper and get to Europa using the block 1

Yes, I can. You need to be near apogee in an elliptical parking orbit to do it.

 

[gattispilot]

Can you make a scn for that. My beta tester is out of pocket for a while.

I have not been successful getting her to an orbit as yet

 

[Kyle]

I will post on here when I get home!

 

[MarkWatney2015]

Recently read an article stating that Europa Clipper would be (most likely) free to launch on a Falcon Heavy/Star-48B instead of SLS (Block 1). Here's an alternate scenario and attachment points:

 

[barrygolden]

Hey Super addon but no launch pad

 

[MarkWatney2015]

My bad. Forgot the "CONTEXT SpaceX" line on the scenario's Environment segment to show the pad from LC39A SpaceX....zip updated above

 

[MarkWatney2015]

Europa Clipper would now follow a Mars-Earth Gravity Assist trajectory to Jupiter:

 

[MarkWatney2015]

Europa Clipper's HORIZONS data has been updated to follow the Falcon Heavy flight profile!