Design an interstellar mission. The launch takes place from Cape Canaveral, Flor

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Design an interstellar mission. The launch takes place from Cape Canaveral, Florida on a Falcon 9 rocket that places an initial mass of 6000 kg in a Geosyn- chronous Transfer Orbit (GTO) with perigee altitude of 200 km, an apogee altitude of 35,786 km and an inclination of 28.1 deg. The goal of your team is have the maximum payload escape the Sun’s gravitational field, by incurring the least V for the escape. The mission is planned for a 2040 launch, when it is expected that the onboard chemical propulsion system will have a specific impulse of 400 s. Assume that spacecraft must have at least 500 kg of fuel when it escapes the Solar System. Design the orbital transfers required for the mission and submit a final report that includes the following:

(a) An executive summary with the following:

1) Total V required for Solar System escape.

2) List of flybys of planets including the order in which they are visited.

3) A breakdown of V for the individual orbital transfers.

4) Whether the escape from the Earth’s gravitational field should include a flyby of the Moon?

(b) Explanation of your methodology and an outline of the different planetary flyby scenarios that your team considered. The V (breakdown and total) for each of these scenarios, along with the payload achieved, must be provided.

(c) If you utilize a flyby of the Moon while the spacecraft leaves the Earth, how much V will you save for the mission?

(d) An appendix that shows all computations for the project (handwritten notes and prints of computational codes are fine).

Explanation / Answer

Ans a. 1) it requires 1800m/s dV to reach GTO.

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