![]() ![]() This hopefully gives you a quick feel for what is going on. Select Saturn, as you originally intended. The celestial bodies are now the planets (and dwarfs!!). That there are no spacecraft (in this sim run) in orbit around the Sun, and Now go back to the Sync Orbit MFD, and try TGT again. Graphics change to put the Sun at the center of the Orbit MFD.Ģ0. You will see the "Orbit: Earth" is now replaced with "Orbit: Sun", and the Press "AR" on Orbit MFD, to auto-reference the dominant gravitational body. nearly half the influence is still the Earth's),įrom this point on, the Sun is now in charge.ġ9. Gravitational influence switched to the Sun. There will be a few seconds where G 0.50 is green, and then As you get to G 0.50, I want you to come down to 10x to watch carefully This case) is starting to become noticeable.ġ8. Gravitational influence of the Earth is starting to lessen with respect to theįorces on your spacecraft, and the influence of something else (the Sun in Start to become G 0.99 and so on downwards). Now watch the gravity influence meter on your Orbit MFD (the G 1.00 will Press PRO GRD again to disengage the autopilot, and time-warp up to 1000x.ġ7. Point, but I'm encouraging you to have good control of your time acceleration.) As you get close to Ecc = 1.200, reduce time-warp again, and see if you canįreeze the moment you go through Ecc = 1.200. Press Ctrl-P again to unfreeze, and continue on full throttle, watching the Ecc.ġ5. And the Orbit MFD display just changed to show a differentġ4. You get to Ecc = 1.000 (or just past - it doesn't matter), press Ctrl-P toġ3. Time-warps, and eventually to 0.1x time, right at the Ecc=1.000 point. As Ecc gets close to 1.000, try pressing R a few times to go to lower Overcome Earth's gravity, and you are in a hyperbolic orbit, headed forġ2. Once you break through Ecc = 1.000, you have As Ecc rises between 0.000 and 1.000, you are in an The Ecc readout, which is your Eccentricity. Watch your Orbit MFD: the shape of your orbit will become oval, and watch Press Ctrl-Keypad+ to engage and lock the main engines.ġ1. Velocity vector (the circle with the plus in it), with Earth off the left side and weĪre pointing at right angles to the Earth.ġ0. Press PRO GRD to select the Prograde Autopilot, and watch the ship align to the (Use "T" and "R" to change time acceleration).ĩ. (This is how fast you need to be going horizontally to sustain an orbit at thisĨ. Note your orbital velocity on the top of your screen is 7.698 km/s. Press H, and you will see the heads up display (HUD) switch from docking mode Press Ctrl-D, and you will undock and push back from the ISS.ħ. Spacecraft, and Moon under celestial bodies. On the left MFD, hit SEL and bring up Sync Orbit.ĥ. This is a "generic glassĬockpit" mode, and ideal for what we want to do for this flight.Ĥ. Press F8, and you will see two large MFD screens. You are initially in Virtual Cockpit mode (nice for visuals, but not how weģ. From a new Orbiter session, select Delta-glider and Docked at ISS as your scenario.Ģ. ![]()
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