As I was watching the great success of the New Horizons team, I became motivated to do a bit of quick “back of the envelope” calculations to re-create the trajectory. I don’t have to start completely from scratch, because in 2004 I created an STK/Astrogator tutorial giving the basic ideas of how to set up the New Horizons trajectory: Astrogator New Horizons Tutorial I … Continue reading “Back of the Envelope” Astrogation: Re-creating the New Horizons Trajectory
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“Back of the Envelope” Astrogation: Re-creating the New Horizons Trajectory
As I was watching the great success of the New Horizons team, I became motivated to do a bit of quick “back of the envelope” calculations to re-create the trajectory. I don’t have to start completely from scratch, because in 2004 I created an STK/Astrogator tutorial giving the basic ideas of how to set up the New Horizons trajectory: Astrogator New Horizons Tutorial I … Continue reading “Back of the Envelope” Astrogation: Re-creating the New Horizons Trajectory