TransX Tutorial - Trojan Sling Setup

Flytandem's TransX tutorial for Orbiter Space Flight Simulator. Uploaded with permission.

Using a surrogate ship sitting on Jupiter to find the date of a sling, the sling velocity and sling angles to be able to do one full orbit after the sling to intercept a trojan asteroid. Enphasis is to minimize the final encounter velocity with the asteroid. 2002 DD1 is chosen as the target.

Download tutorial scenarios for these videos at:
http://www.flytandem.com/orbiter/tutorials/video/index.htm

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• transx
• orbiter
• space
• flight
• simulator

[Thesterness]

@g3org33r3

It's a group of asteroids clustered around Jupiter's L4 and L5 points (with respect to the Sun).

[g3org33r3]

What's a Trojan?