Porcine Avionics Stops an Impact

[ArmchairGravy]

Our tracking team discovered a Class C asteroid on a direct collision course with Kerbin, and we at Porcine Avionics immediately sprang into action. We utilized our state-of-the-art engineering facilities to design and craft an unmanned probe to intercept the rogue rock, and launched.

After matching orbital inclination we worked feverishly on coming up with an intercept. A problem arose as our tracking system put our intercept at our periapsis, which would not stop this hurtling chunk of silicon.

We found our solution by burning our apoapsis over to the asteroid's orbit. We had a good intercept!

Our interceptor performed beautifully and successfully latched onto the dangerous bit of planetary flotsam. Pivoting around slightly gave us a stable point of thrust.

With the asteroid now within Munar orbit, we burned the interceptor's engines at 100%. With our stable thrust point we had no issues with tumbling, and were able to push the asteroid's periapsis out to 100km.

With plenty of fuel left, we went ahead and placed the rock into a 100km orbit, and then de-orbited the interceptor.

Not only was Porcine Avionics successful in averting a potential disaster, we gained a base for a new space station!

Edited April 3, 2014 by ArmchairGravy