HarvesteR
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Hello
i was wondering what would be the best way to put myself in an earth-bound trajectory departing from lunar orbit
i think the proper place to make a burn would be on the opposide side of the moon, so my orbit would extend towards earth... but i can't really find out when i'm in the correct spot...
here's what i've been doing...
i launch from brighton beach into lunar orbit, then align my orbit to earth... then i figured that i could see when i'm on the far side if i put the orbit MFD to reference earth, with the moon as target... i figured that when i reached the apoapsis of the "earth" orbit, i would be at the far side...
then i burned... but the orbit didn't extend as i intended and i ended up lost in space as i ran out of fuel.... plus i don't know how to set my MFDs so i can properly see what i'm doing...
i know the seat-of-the-pants way of doing it is burning when the earth rises on the lunar horizon... but i think that method takes way too long to get into a stable earth orbit and uses way too much fuel
does anyone know of a more 'professional' way to make the return burn??
Cheers
i was wondering what would be the best way to put myself in an earth-bound trajectory departing from lunar orbit
i think the proper place to make a burn would be on the opposide side of the moon, so my orbit would extend towards earth... but i can't really find out when i'm in the correct spot...
here's what i've been doing...
i launch from brighton beach into lunar orbit, then align my orbit to earth... then i figured that i could see when i'm on the far side if i put the orbit MFD to reference earth, with the moon as target... i figured that when i reached the apoapsis of the "earth" orbit, i would be at the far side...
then i burned... but the orbit didn't extend as i intended and i ended up lost in space as i ran out of fuel.... plus i don't know how to set my MFDs so i can properly see what i'm doing...
i know the seat-of-the-pants way of doing it is burning when the earth rises on the lunar horizon... but i think that method takes way too long to get into a stable earth orbit and uses way too much fuel
does anyone know of a more 'professional' way to make the return burn??
Cheers