Hunting the 10,000 Pm SSTV signal

[Nazalassa]

 

Spoiler

There has been tales of a second SSTV signal, 10,000 Petameters away... Another easter egg, or just a bug?

Only @Holo has found it... Yet.

I have, for I play KSP, to find it. That's why I started this thread. To record all the mission (in screenshot form).

I will try to get there, have recording software ready, and then, if I can record a SSTV signal, decode it. And, if there is a result, post it.

Wish me luck if you think it's worth it

 

 

The Probe

 

The rocket is launched in all its glory
 

Soon after, the fairing deploys
 

And I always put too much DeltaV...
 

Now we're in orbit.
 

And the nuclear engines initiate the escape burn.

I'll try to get a Mun gravity assist.

Edited March 4 by Nazalassa
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[Nazalassa]

Reached 5 km/s on NERVAs, apoapsis reached Duna's orbit,

Releasing lateral tanks in a few seconds...

Fuel tanks released

*two minutees later at 4x phys-warp*

NERVA shutdown

Slight NERVA overheat, current speed 10 km/s

NERVA Jettison

Ion engines activation

Applying 2.8 m/s burn toget away fron the NERVA stage...
Done.

Ion engines shutdown.
 

Remaining DeltaV: 33 852 m/s
RTG state: operationnal
Orbit state: Kerbol escape

Waiting for Kerbol orbit...

Edited March 4 by Nazalassa

[Nazalassa]

Wait aborted.

Ion engines startup...
Done.

4x Phys-warp engaged.

Xenon reserves: 100%

Out of electricity! Wait for RTG to work.

Setting throttle to 25% to avoid electricity lack...
Done.

Passed Mun orbit.

Remaining burn time: 11.5 hours (in game). 3 hours at 4x Phys-warp.

Setting alarm to stage jettison...
Done.

[Nazalassa]

Passed Minmus orbit.

Current speed: 12 300 m/s

Xenon reserves: 92%

[Nazalassa]

About to separate side Ions...

[Nazalassa]

Side ions separated.

Current speed: 20 192 m/s

Next stage in: 12 604 s.

Thrust: 1 kN

Alert! Electricity is draining

Setting throttle to 50%...
Done.

Waiting until next stage.

Edited March 4 by Nazalassa

[Nazalassa]

Stage nearly out of Xenon.

Side tanks pair 1 discarded.

Remaining DeltaV: 22 760 m/s

Current velocity: 25 750 m/s

[Rutabaga22]

This is really cool, but what is the duna SSTV signal and why is it important?

[Nazalassa]

I added links in the OP; the Duna SSTV signal is a SSTV signal that plays when something touches the top of a pyramid in the southern hemisphere of Duna and, when decoded, shows a picture. This was part of KSP's aborted storyline.

I searched a bit on the forums some time ago for this signal, and found that "SSTV signal at 10,000 Pm" thread. I thought it would be great to try to find it, as it has only been reported once and we don't have any recordings of it.

I will do all I can to record it, if it happens, and, if I record something, I'll decode it to see if it's a new SSTV signal, or if it is just the one from Duna.

If it is a new one, then the aborted storyline maybe isn't as aborted as it seems.

(oh and, by the way, the engine has eathen two-thirds of the stage's fuel, and has a velocity of 30 632 m/s)

[Rutabaga22]

37 minutes ago, Nazalassa said:

I added links in the OP; the Duna SSTV signal is a SSTV signal that plays when something touches the top of a pyramid in the southern hemisphere of Duna and, when decoded, shows a picture. This was part of KSP's aborted storyline.

 

THis could be the start of a ksp ARG lol, no one ever decoded it and ksp has a real storyline.

Spoiler

I'm mostly joking

 

Edited September 29, 2022 by Rutabaga22

[Nazalassa]

Just now, Rutabaga22 said:

I'm mostly joking

I effectively think you are.

The current stage has 554/720 of its fuel remaining.

Current velocity is 34 923 m/s.

[Nazalassa]

Damn, Xenon is slow...

Two thirds of the stage are gone. Only one third left.

[Rutabaga22]

How close R u to the SSTV?

 

[Nazalassa]

Right now? Still burning, current speed 40 222 m/s. Altitude above Kerbol, 14 839 Mm. I letyou do the math

Still have 3990 units of Xenon to go.

[Rutabaga22]

1 minute ago, Nazalassa said:

I letyou do the math

Pls don't, I had to do some homework today.

[Nazalassa]

Let's say in an hour it'll be done... Well, the burning. Because I then have to warp to 10 000 Pm, which is, hm, pretty far away.

1 minute ago, Rutabaga22 said:

I had to do some homework today.

Me too

I'll make all the calculations when I'll be after Eeloo orbit.

[Nazalassa]

Last side tanks discarded!

DeltaV left: 10 923 m/s

Current velocity: 42812 m/s

Current altitude: 14 990 Mm

[Nazalassa]

End of burn reached!

[Rutabaga22]

SO... is the orbit right?

[Nazalassa]

Current velocity: 53 622 m/s
Current altitude: 15 518 Mm

Orbital caracteristics:
    -  SMA: Damn huge.
    -  Eccentricity: 17.2514
    -  Arg PE: 119.0
    -  Ejection: 9.8

Eeloo orbit within 67 days
No significant deceleration due to Kerbol gravity
No encounters in Kerbol system
All systems nominal

Warping to Eeloo orbit...
Done.

Current altitude: 90,520,388,759 m
Current velocity: 52 465.1 m/s
On escape trajectory

Trajectory nominal.

 

*yawn*  good night, it's midnight here

Tomorrow we'll search for that SSTV signal!

(remember: the SSTV signal is at (or would be at) 10,000,000,000,000,000,000 m!Whoever wants to do the math can do it.)

[Nazalassa]

Knowing that t = d/v we can say:

t = (10 000 000 000 000 000 000 - 90 520 388 759 - 600 000 - 500 000) / 52 465.1 seconds

Or, time increase equals the distance left to go over the speed.

t = 190602894295000 seconds.

Let's increase "UT" at line 626 of persistent.sfs by this value.

Done.

Now set up audio recorder...

Downloading Kdenlive..
Done.

Running Kdenlive

[Nazalassa]

Kdenlive not recording internal audio.

Temporarily uninstalling Kdenlive...
Done.

Installing SimpleScreenRecorder...
Done.

Trying internal recording..
Done.

It works!

Launching Kerbal Space Program..
Done.

Engaging SimpleScreeenRecorder...
Done.

Switching to mission.

"Year 20,714,104"

Okaaay...

Current altitude: 9,952.973739 Pm. We're getting near it!

Uuuh... Something weird hppened. Wow.

Allright, back to backup file.

OK. Each time I time-warp, it just adds some altitude. I mean, a LOT. Currently at 181 000 000 yottameters.

Back to backup!

[Nazalassa]

ALERT! Game crash.

Restarting Kerbal Space Program...
Done.

persistent.sfs corrected.

ALERT! Objective overshot.

Re-editing persistent.sfs.

ALERT! Objective overshot.

Re-editing persistent.sfs.

ALERT! Objective overshot.

Re-editing persistent.sfs.

ALERT! Objective overshot.

Re-editing persistent.sfs.

ALERT! Objective overshot.

Re-editing persistent.sfs.

ALERT! Objective undershot.

Re-editing persistent.sfs.

ALERT! Objective slightly overshot.

Re-editing persistent.sfs.

ALERT! Objective slightly overshot.

Re-editing persistent.sfs.

ALERT! Objective slightly undershot.

Re-editing persistent.sfs.

ALERT! Only 200 Tm from objective.

Re-editing persistent.sfs.

[Nazalassa]

ALERT! Objective all messed up.

Re-editing persistent.sfs.

ALERT! Game crash.

Restarting Kerbal Space Program.

[Nazalassa]

ALERT! Objective overshot.

Re-editing persistent.sfs.

ALERT! Objective overshot.

Re-editing persistent.sfs.

Nice!

Engaging audio recoder...
Done.

Trying to switch to vessel.

Only 212 Gm away from the Objective!

Whooops, here's the "planet spaghetti" thing.

(never mind.)

ALERT! Objective overshot.

Re-editing persistent.sfs.

Veryclose to Ibjective.

Now it's all fne-tining the MET.

Damn this keyboard surely has some issues