The moon is a satellite around Earth and I've used IMFD quite successfully to get from the Earth to the Moon. But, what about using IMFD from the Moon to a satellite around the moon?
I'm having an issue here. I'm sitting at Brighton Beach on one of the pads. I set the IMFD parameters, setting target plane as the path. First, the injection angle (to the target) is nearly 180 ° meaning that when I approach the satellite I'm approaching it from the opposite direction. Why is IMFD doing that?
So, I switch the mode from Prograde to Retrograde, target plane as the path and now my injection angle is nearly 0 °. But as soon as I launch and start to head along the vector stated by IMFD the calculations start to go haywire and I no longer have a target vector.
Any ideas as to what is going on?
Thanks.
I'm having an issue here. I'm sitting at Brighton Beach on one of the pads. I set the IMFD parameters, setting target plane as the path. First, the injection angle (to the target) is nearly 180 ° meaning that when I approach the satellite I'm approaching it from the opposite direction. Why is IMFD doing that?
So, I switch the mode from Prograde to Retrograde, target plane as the path and now my injection angle is nearly 0 °. But as soon as I launch and start to head along the vector stated by IMFD the calculations start to go haywire and I no longer have a target vector.
Any ideas as to what is going on?
Thanks.