OHM First Orbit Rendezvous

[OrbitHangar]

First Orbit Rendezvous Made Easy (or at least repeatable) Brief tutorial and playback demos on how to get from the ground to an orbiting target quickly and reliably. My best time for launch, approach, and prox ops to docking is 666 seconds! This method should work for any vehicle and any target, within reasonable limits for out of plane launch.

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[MJR]

666 seconds?!!! Oh dear!

 

[jedidia]

Yay! Docking with Iron Maiden! :lol:

 

[ar81]

I remember a documentary that claimed that there was a mistake in the translation and bible said 661 and not 666...

What is certain is that smurfs are communists and Barney is the antichrist.:lol: Google for it and you will see.

 

[MJR]

I remember a documentary that claimed that there was a mistake in the translation and bible said 661 and not 666...

What is certain is that smurfs are communists and Barney is the antichrist.:lol: Google for it and you will see.

I don't know. All these centuries 666 was the evil number. If there was a mistake, then that is extremely retarded because now everyone believes that 666 is the bad number not 661. I still think it is 666.

 

[agentgonzo]

I remember a documentary that claimed that there was a mistake in the translation and bible said 661 and not 666...

What is certain is that smurfs are communists and Barney is the antichrist.:lol: Google for it and you will see.

It was 616, not 661

 

[MJR]

God. What is it?

 

[fresh squid]

I belive it was 664 the neigbour of the beast.

 

[tblaxland]

And the number (could be 1024 for all I care), has what effect on our lives? :dry:

 

[penlu]

No effect at all. How did that get in there anyhow? Why six? I like 4.
Anyways, wow on the quick docking. Doesn't it take around 600 seconds to get into orbit with the Space Shuttle anyways? A 66 second rendezvous and docking... My final approach usually takes about that long!

 

[MajorTom]

Yes, wow, 666 seconds (11 min 6 sec for those freaked about 2000/3) is almost absurdly fast.

But I'd say theoretically it should be possible to launch and "merge" with an object already in orbit, just like merging onto the freeway, such that one could get the time to orbit + docking to an absolute minimum. Perhaps under 600 seconds.

But has this ever been done in real life? A launch-to-dock time under 10 minutes? That would be one for the book of records for sure.

Edit: MJR, caution! Your post count is at 606!

 

[agentgonzo]

Yes, wow, 666 seconds (11 min 6 sec for those freaked about 2000/3) is almost absurdly fast.

But I'd say theoretically it should be possible to launch and "merge" with an object already in orbit, just like merging onto the freeway, such that one could get the time to orbit + docking to an absolute minimum. Perhaps under 600 seconds.

But has this ever been done in real life? A launch-to-dock time under 10 minutes? That would be one for the book of records for sure.

Edit: MJR, caution! Your post count is at 606!

There's been no need to do this in real life as there are hardly any advantages and it's a lot more risky.

The shuttle was designed to have enough cross-range capability to fly to space and then deorbit and land on the same orbit (presumably to capture russian spy satellites) but this was never used.