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    indy91 replied to the thread Project Space Shuttle Vessel.
    I had written myself a function for it, too, it's basically the offset between TT and TAI (which is 32.184 seconds) plus the number of...
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    indy91 replied to the thread Project Space Shuttle Vessel.
    Should be easy to add this to the FDO MFD. A mission specific constant that can be set on the config page. Just like the 64.18 value in...
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    indy91 replied to the thread Project Space Shuttle Vessel.
    As it turns out, when trying to implement a tool faithfully that the real Shuttle FDOs used, what we ended up with is something that...
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    indy91 replied to the thread Shuttle FDO MFD.
    Those generic plans are from the FDO Console Handbook, it's what they had prepared for different phase angles for STS-114. I would say...
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    indy91 replied to the thread Shuttle FDO MFD.
    Then the rendezvous plan doesn't really work out for the specific orbits and phase angle. Either have to use a different plan or it...
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    indy91 replied to the thread Project Space Shuttle Vessel.
    Yeah there is a problem with spherical gravity. Because of the required difference in LAN at insertion the optimum launch time is also...
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    indy91 replied to the thread Project Space Shuttle Vessel.
    When using non-spherical gravity this sort of RInc after insertion can be completely normal. Both Shuttle and target are affected by...
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    indy91 replied to the thread Project Space Shuttle Vessel.
    Sure, whatever works best for you. It's still easy to make a mistake with the MCT (e.g. changing an input in a wrong way and then not...
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    indy91 replied to the thread Project Space Shuttle Vessel.
    If you calculate the sequence of maneuvers before OMS-2, then generate Maneuver PADs for all of them and just perform them like that for...
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    indy91 replied to the thread Project Space Shuttle Vessel.
    The day-of-rendezvous NC burn (usually named NC-4) would still be calculated by Houston. If it's a large burn then it can even be quite...
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    indy91 replied to the thread Project Space Shuttle Vessel.
    With the 140 I hope, not 144. Your launch day (which the config page wants as input) is day 140 of the year, May 19.
  • indy91
    indy91 replied to the thread Project Space Shuttle Vessel.
    You want to manually change it to 140. The intended workflow is for the case where you start a mission from launch (or at least the...
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    indy91 replied to the thread Project Space Shuttle Vessel.
    I'll clarify it in the MFD and in the manual. Just an unlucky case I guess, usually one can just leave the year/day blank and the MFD...
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    indy91 replied to the thread Project Space Shuttle Vessel.
    Ah I see the problem. I guess that is not made clear enough, but the "day" input on the Config page of the FDO MFD needs the day of...
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    indy91 replied to the thread Project Space Shuttle Vessel.
    Sadly the screenshot is not quite large enough to actually see the numbers in the MFD and Shuttle display. Almost, but not quite. I...
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