Orbiter 2010 - High Velocity Mars Aerocapture Example
18This video was recorded Saturday, May 25, 2013
I recorded this video to illustrate one possible method for getting captured at Mars (using the XR2 Ravenstar) after arriving at Mars at over 9km/s. This particular scenario is from Dimitris' "So You Think You Can Land" challenge.
http://www.orbiter-forum.com/showthread.php?t=30173
Note that I left the ApA quite high on purpose. In this particular case, Olympus base is more than halfway around Mars, so I wanted to keep quite a bit of velocity so I could circle the planet faster.
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