Mars Conjunction Class Mission [Last saved 10/30/2007. Scenario originally created by Mike Loucks, SEE]
This scenario was created by Mike Loucks (loucks@see.com) in to demonstrate a Mars Conjunction Class mission with a Mars Landing.
The spacecraft leaves the Earth in December of 2013 en route to Mars via a low-energy transfer. It arrives at Mars in September of 2014 and inserts into an elliptical orbit with an Apoapsis Radius at 10,000 km and a Periapsis altitude of 250 km. After 11 orbits, the spacecraft begins its descent to the Martian Surface. The vehicle them stays on the surface for 433 Days.
On the 3rd of December 2015, the vehicle leaves the Martian surface for its Earth return, and arrives at the Earth 235 days later and is inserted into a 250 km orbit at 28.5 Deg. Inclination.
Michel E. Loucks
President, Space Mission
Engineer
Space Exploration
Engineering Corp.
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