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Launch Report and Debrief
Launch Time: 10:34
Team Members Present: Kyle Upson, Alex Wansha, Julia Vanill
Play-by-Play:
- heading North toward the ice caps
- 2km above sea level @ 800m/s
- narrowly avoiding mountains at 5km
- turning on and off stability assist to stop ship from shaking
- passing over part of the ice cap 17:38
- landing near UFO 22:05
- Valentina arrived near crashed UFO
- planted flag 28:34
Photographs:
Time of Flight: 28:34
Summary: The launch and flight was another success for WUV our Work. We were able to successfully fly to the northern Ice Cap, find the UFO, and take a picture with it.
Opportunities / Learning: We learned how to build a jet to fly to the Northern Ice Cap and take a picture with the UFO
Strategies / Project Timeline: Next we plan to continue our quest and missions in space to explore the universe.
Milestones: Picture of UFO on Northern Ice Cap of Kerbin - $100,000
Available Funds: $925,741 - $14,150 + $100,000 = $1,011,591
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Launch Report and Debrief
Launch Time: 10:41
Team Members Present: Kyle Upson, Alex Wansha, Julia Vanill
Play-by-Play:
- Heading straight up
- maneuvering West to get into orbit around Kerbin
- decoupled 3:53
- using solar panels on rover to help power ship
- maneuvering into Mun's orbit 5:42
- decoupled 7:04
- Mun apoapsis 35km
- maneuvering into orbit around Mun 1d, 00:46:11
- using monopropellant to eliminate horizontal velocity
- landing on Mun without landing gear
- landed 1d, 1:32:03
- no wheels on rover?
Photographs:
Time of Flight: 1d, 1:33:17
Summary: The launch to the Mun with a rover proved to be mostly a success, except for the fact that the wheels popped somewhere along the way. However, we were still able to control the rover on the Mun without the wheels because we had monopropellant.
Opportunities / Learning: We learned how to build a rover and successfully land on the Mun.
Strategies / Project Timeline: Next we plan to make a jet to fly to the Northern Ice Cap and take a picture with the UFO.
Milestones:
- Working Rover on Mun - $500,000
Available Funds: $468,537 - $42,796 + $500,000 = $925,741!
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Launch Report and Debrief
Launch Time: 10:33
Team Members Present: Kyle Upson, Alex Wansha, Julia Vanill
Play-by-Play:
- launch straight up for 30 km
- maneuvering into orbit around Kerbin 80 km
- started first RCS burn 85 km
- stage 2 at 90 km - decoupled
- full orbit around Kerbin 4:30
- correction RCS burn 16:30
- maneuvering into orbit around Minmus
- correction RCS burn 46:10
- Kerbin periapsis: 37.6 km
- time warping into Minmus orbit
- started RCS burn around Minmus 10d, 2:09:27
- landed on Minmus 10d, 2:44:07
- leaving Minmus 10d, 2:48:35
- orbiting around Minmus 10d, 2:53:46
- escaping Minmus orbit 10d, 2:59:39
- time warping into Kerbin 21d, 00:37:50
- ran out of fuel and monopropellant
- deployed parachutes
- landed on Kerbin 21d, 00:45:25
Photographs:
Time of Flight: 21d, 00:45:25
Summary: The launch and flight proved to be another large success for WUV our Work. We were able to safely fly our Kerbal to Minmus and back with no outcome-altering mistakes. Although we ran out of both fuel and monopropellant by the end of the mission, we were still able to safely land back on Kerbin.
Opportunities / Learnings: We learned how to successfully orbit around both Kerbin and Minmus with a Kerbal on board, land and take off from Minmus, and make our way safely back to Kerbin.
Strategies / Project Timeline: Next we plan to fly to the Northern Ice Cap and take a picture of the UFO and then hopefully place a rover on the Mun.
Milestone Awards Presented:
- Landing on Minmus - $300,000
Available Funds: $196,056 - $27,519 + $300,000 = $468,537!
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Launch Report and Debrief
Launch Time: 10:46 am
Team Members Present: Kyle Upson, Alex Wansha, Julia Vanill
Play-by-Play:
- After launching straight up for 70 km, started maneuvering sideways to get into orbit
- Started burning RCS at 80 km
- Decoupled at 97 km
- Started 31s burn at 86 km
- Unfortunately ran out of fuel at 1:39:44
- Pilot came prepared with monopropellant to continue into orbit and made it into geosynchronous orbit with plenty monopropellant to spare
- Reached geosynchronous orbit with an apoapsis of 2,864,921 m and a periapsis of 2,863,584 m
- Reached geosynchronous orbit with a speed of 1,009.9 m/s
Photographs:
Time of Flight: 3:05:50
Summary: The launch and flight proved to be a large success for WUV our Work. We were able to successfully place a satellite into geosynchronous orbit. Even though we ran out of fuel part way through the flight, we were prepared and brought monopropellant to effectively finish our flight and reach our goal of a satellite in geosynchronous orbit.
Opportunities / Learnings: We learned how to safely launch and put a satellite into a stable geosynchronous orbit.
Strategies / Project Timeline: Next, we are ready to get a Kerbal into space and have it safely return. We are also looking forward to exploring the Mun, Minmus, and beyond to earn more milestones and awards!
Milestone Awards Presented:
- Launch to 10 km - $5,000
- Achieving stable orbit - $20,000
- First working satellite placed in stable orbit $40,000
- First working satellite placed in geosynchronous orbit - $100,000
Available Funds: $30,000 + $15,000 (blog posts) - $13,944 + $165,000 = $196,056
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Launch Report and Debrief
Launch Time: 10:50
Team Members Present: Kyle Upson, Alex Wansha, Julia Vanill
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Time of Flight: 300d, 02:53:43
Summary: The launch and flight to put a rover on Duna was another successful mission for WUV Our Work and Kerbalkind. We successfully flew to and landed on Duna with a rover and were able to control it.
Opportunities / Learnings: We learned how to get a rover on Duna and fly far from the reaches of Kerbin.
Strategies / Project Timeline: This was WUV Our Work's final mission. We are very glad that it ended with such a large goal completed, and we are proud of all of our great successes.
Milesetones: Putting a rover on Duna - $2,000,000
Available Funds: $1,048,666 - $77118 + $2,000,000 = $2,971,548!!!!