Vega1 & Vega2 - Halley Armada Pt.3
by 4thRock, BrianJ
The twin Vega spacecrafts were the last of the Russian series of missions to Venus and formed part of the Halley Armada, an international fleet of spacecraft sent to study comet 1P_Halley during it's 1986 perihelion. They were launched on Proton launch vehicles from Baikonur on 15 December and 21 December 1984. After arriving at Venus and releasing the spherical Descent Capsule containing the Lander and Aerostat (balloon), the spacecraft used a gravity-assist flyby of Venus to target a rendezvous with comet 1P_Halley, acting as pathfinders for ESA's Giotto mission which arrived at the comet soon afterwards.
Addon includes:
Vega1 & Vega2 spacecraft, launch scenarios, flight notes, etc.
Comets 1P_Halley, 26P_GriggSkjellerup, 21P_GiacobiniZinner and 45P_HMP
Features:
Vega bus TV Camera imaging saved as .bmp files.
Simulated data return from Venus Lander and Aerostat (balloon) saved as .txt files
Automatic deployment of Descent Capsule parachutes, backshell, heatshield, Aerostat,
Lander, etc. during Venus atmosphere entry.
Outgassing on comets.
Requirements:
Launch scenarios require -
Vinka's "spacecraft3.dll" and "multistage2.dll" (full package)
Papyref's "Pad24_ProtonUR500"
BrianJ's "stage.dll for Orbiter2010"
29 Sep 2010 - Updated for Orbiter2010-P1 (build 100830)
