Saturday, October 26, 2013

Mission 54 - Moho lander

Mission 54

Mouhou Project 3
Description: A probe designed to land on Moho.
Mass at launch: 650 kg (7352 kg with upper stage)


Launch vehicle: Symphony-10k Type-01
(reusable SSTO booster with 10000 kg payload capacity)

Mission objective: Land on Moho.

The Symphony-10k launch vehicle is propelled by nine aerospike engines.



Mouhou Project 3 and its upper stage, separated from the launcher



It was realized that a powered descent using MechJeb's landing autopilot only costed about 350 m/s in delta-v. So, that landing method was used instead of the parachutes (which added more mass to the vehicle and weren't as effective at slowing the craft before it reached the ground).







Upper stage performing trans-Moho injection



Arrival at Moho



Initial orbit



At apoapsis



Lander in circularized orbit



De-orbit burn



Falling towards the surface



Landed on Moho





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