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dV for bouncing around the moons of Jool


Piper

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I'm planning on doing some high resolution SCANsat mapping of the five moons of Jool, and instead of doing five different probes to each of the moons, I'm planning on doing just a single probe that will first orbit Laythe, and then work its way out to the other four moons one by one.

Now, I could load up sandbox, make something with a ton of dV (or just have infinite fuel on) and fly out to Jool to find out for myself exactly what I need, but before I do; has anybody else already done this and crunched the numbers?

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Transfer from orbit to orbit (you're not doing fly-bys) might require more delta-V than indicated by the chart, especially if you're going from polar orbit to polar orbit. You can likely save some delta-V by burning from a pole when your orbit lines up with the planet's prograde direction, then doing bi-elliptical transfers or something. The trip will definitely be complicated by the need for complete scans, though.

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