Marijn
Active member
To plan my flights to Mars, I am using IMFD. This MFD requires a depart and an arrival date to provide a solution for the interplanetart transfer. To minimize fuel consumption, I am doing direct reentries without entering a parking orbit.
Sometimes, the periapsis happens to be close to Olympus base. Then I need to do a very aggresive aerobrake. More often, I arrive close to the base without enough anticipation to do a safe aerobrake. Then I have to go all the way around before landing.
I like to have some more control over the arrival situation. Since the arrival MJD can be set, I think I need to set this value in some calculated way so that the periapsis will be a set distance from the base.
But I am not sure how this is done. Any help is appreciated.
Sometimes, the periapsis happens to be close to Olympus base. Then I need to do a very aggresive aerobrake. More often, I arrive close to the base without enough anticipation to do a safe aerobrake. Then I have to go all the way around before landing.
I like to have some more control over the arrival situation. Since the arrival MJD can be set, I think I need to set this value in some calculated way so that the periapsis will be a set distance from the base.
But I am not sure how this is done. Any help is appreciated.