MARS MISSION

MARS MISSION 2022

My most Ambitious build to date!…

. Credit: Uses Kell Auto Launch Vizzy, by “KellyNyanbinary”

. Credit: Uses Docking Assistant UI Vizzy, by
“GoldenShadowGS”

MARS CAPABLE ROCKET:
Staging;
. Dual Side Launch Boosters (Kerolox)
. Main Lift Stage (Kerolox)
. Circularization Stage (CS) (Methalox)
. Trans MARS Injection (TMI) Stage (Methalox)
. MARS SOI Capture Stage (MCS) (Methalox)
. MARS Decent / Accent Stage (MDA) (Methalox)
w/ Thin Atmosphere Sequential Parachutes Setup
. Service Module (SM) (Methalox)
. Stock SR2 Patriot Capsule
. Dock Capable

All the usual CanadaDuck Spacecraft Features… lots of bells & whistles…
. All Action Groups Labelled
. RCS Auto Activation thru Staging, w/ Action Group Overrides “[OR]”
. Stage Separation Motors
. “CanadaDucK Dock”
. “Null Vectors” Docking Assist (AG2)
. Cameras, Lighting, etc…

NOTE: Fuel is Tight Friends!, but i have completed this mission several times during testing, “Burn Straight & True”. MARS is supposed to be Difficult! Consider: around 50% of all Real World MARS Missions have ended in Failure!

UPON MARS ARIVAL;
LANDING SEQUENCE PROTOCOL:

. De-Orbit, or Re-Entry Ellipse from about 100 km, or Lower, as Low as you can get with the MARS Capture Stage, to close to The Martian Surface, 5 to 10 km, with a 1/2 Orbit Rotation. How low you can go all depends on how efficiently you have burned to this point!
. You MUST have a “Shallow Re-Entry”, (Target: Vertical Drop -150m/s…ish…) this allows the Sequential Parachutes to “Drag” as long as possible, slowing the Spacecraft down to a Smooth, Natural, “Pitch-Over” for Landing. TOO STEEP and you will BLOW UP! The Shallower the Re-Entry, the Smoother the Re-Entry!
. Don’t Panic!, Be Patient!…, Enjoy the Slow, Scenic MARS Decent! (My Favourite Part)
. Parachutes Deployment Sequence begins around 25 km
. Free Fall to about 5000m
. Suicide Burn from 5000m to Soft Touch Down Landing!
(Don’t Forget to Activate “Landing Mode” [AG6])
. Cut Parachutes [AG5] for Accent
. SM should have 15 to 20% Fuel left @ 100 km Orbit, for Obit Maneuvers, docking, etc

(P.S. See my “MARS LANDER” Post for the Lander Specs & Pics)

As always, enjoy Friends!

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