PicoRover to the Moon 2.0

This is a minimal mass mission simulation to land the Pico Rover on the Moon.
Ultra Light Mini-Launcher is a simulation of a launcher of 1,412 kg and a payload of 500 grams. The time of arrival to the Moon is about 2 days and 12 hours. The lifter is a Rocket of two stages, a lunar lander and the Pico Rover as a payload.
The first stage made of 1,272 kg of APCP propellant, allows a specific impulse of IspVAC=260 s and a maximum thrust of 24.2 kN; burn out is 110 seconds (DeltaV=5,000 m/s).
The second stage uses the same engine as for the luner lander and burns 130 kg of N2O4/MMH bi-propellant, allows a specific impulse of IspVAC=336 s and a maximum thrust of 2.8 kN; burn out is 145 seconds (DeltaV=7,200 m/s).
The descent lunar lander stage also with 9.5 kg of N2O4/MMH bi-propellant, allows a specific impulse of IspVAC=336 s and a maximum thrust 588 N; approach is 212 seconds (DeltaV=3,000 m/s).

See our home made launcher: http://wiki.teamfrednet.org/index.php/Home_Made_Launcher
Dowload the source code from: http://code.google.com/p/moon-20

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Team
• FREDNET
• APCP
• Bi-propellant
• Picorover
• Home-made
• Launcher
• Open
• Space
• Exploration
• GLXP
• Moon2.0
• Moon
• 2.0

[joshuatristancho]

@Juan, Impressive!

Best,

Joshua