So it keeps getting more confusing, here is what Celestrak has put out. Johnathan has change the above link to just NTS-3 and USA-554.
Perhaps closer to the graphic by ULA with the two ESPA payload rings. Debris would be consistent with the adapter ring between them.
I'm betting the NTS-3/ESPA ring mounted to the cradle and just the GSSAP sat's were each released individually from the cradle.
I wonder if they didn't just mount onto the two sets of rails?
Jonathan McDowell has posted that the other payloads were GSSAP (Hornet) 7 & 8 (est 650-700kg each)
https://planet4589.org/space/gcat/data/derived/launchlog.html
Nicely done, flies better than my setup!
Only thing I do different is I burn 30 off prograde to zero inclination at start of circularizing burn while spacecraft is flying slower. Seems I use less fuel doing it then instead of after circularizing and get up spacecraft speed.
So many different results depending on what payload weight is used. If I run just the NTS-3 weight of 1250kg (Gunter's NTS-3 page) and nothing else, I wind up throwing the core and fairings past AHA-B by a small amount. GSO is is easily achieved, as well as centaur disposal to hyperbolic...
Here is the contents of my warning Area.mkr file in the config\Earth\Marker folder. Go into the map mfd and into mod button, turn on the warning area folder to see where flight is tracking. Using a 090 launch azimuth tracks the northern edge of AHA-A but middle of AHA-B.
; Warning Area...
Did you follow all the directions here and use the Patch 1? It worked fine for me in Orbiter 2016
https://www.orbiter-forum.com/threads/arrow-freighter-for-orbiter2016-merry-christmas.40956/post-606769
I had actually also been playing around with USSF-106 only using Brianj's LCROSS payload mesh and a modified config file lol
I'm a diehard AtlasV fan, was there for the very first launch and many since. I'm so trying to warm up to the Vulcan, but I guess it is like comparing a 1957 Chevy Bel Air...
Sorry, it looks like USSF-87 is the mission flying GASSP-7 & 8 and Sunrise 1-6
https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_lau_det/vulcan-vc4.htm
https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=60664.msg2697938#msg2697938
Hypothetical near-term schedule, SLC-41, UTC:
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According to Gunter's page, seems to indicate GSSAP 8 and Sunrise 1-6 is the other cargos
https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/gssap-1.htm
https://www.spaceforce.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Fact-Sheet-Display/Article/2197772/geosynchronous-space-situational-awareness-program/...
Such a fun aircraft to fly and unbelievable that a mod as old as Autopilot 172 still works in 2024!
My old Cyborg Rumble joystick and slider 0 works perfect as well :)
Thank you for your work on the Tommy
So I want to ask and if I'm off in left field, kick me out of play.
Fred's Multistage2015 had a dependency on @BrianJ Stage.dll and he included it as part of the 2015 package.
Could the Stage.dll be causing the jettison and ignite issues since it hasn't been updated since 2010 and maybe...
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