GlassTrain
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I decided take Martin's challenge and see if I could modify the original launch.lua file to 'improve' it. Thank you Martin for the base file. Also, thanks to Dave for the Shuttle Fleet. Kept launching his Shuttles for reference, over and over taking notes.
Attached is the result. Please, leave feedback and point to improvements that can be made to it!
*It usually ends for me (all Realism and Perturbations checked) at a Perigee of 60km and an Apogee 'around' 175 - 220km. I did away with the altitude hold portion and set the heads up-MECO attitude manually because after modding it, the altitude program sometimes set the apogee behind the shuttle and sent it screaming towards a perigee of 60km or lower. Good news for the fuel tank, bad news for Atlantis.
Also, most testing was done with an azimuth of 138*RAD (aiming for the ISS, of course!). By default, the do_oms1/do_oms2 portions are set to false.
Attached is the result. Please, leave feedback and point to improvements that can be made to it!
*It usually ends for me (all Realism and Perturbations checked) at a Perigee of 60km and an Apogee 'around' 175 - 220km. I did away with the altitude hold portion and set the heads up-MECO attitude manually because after modding it, the altitude program sometimes set the apogee behind the shuttle and sent it screaming towards a perigee of 60km or lower. Good news for the fuel tank, bad news for Atlantis.
Also, most testing was done with an azimuth of 138*RAD (aiming for the ISS, of course!). By default, the do_oms1/do_oms2 portions are set to false.