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Work in Progress - Mars Satellites Addon

15 Sep 2021 00:39

Hello everyone, we already have wonderful addons for all satellites around Earth (thanks to Mosfet!). So inspired by that addon series, I thought it would be cool to have an addon pack for all active Mars orbiters!

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Initially goal is to include the above 8. Then we can expand to defunct ones and then even probes of all other planets. 
If I understood the process correctly, there are two steps -
-Find the orbital elements around the orbiting planet. 
-Find/create 3d models

This is the result so far(only first five orbits, haven’t added models yet) :

Orbital Elements
For all the NASA probes, 
I used NASA horizons :  https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/horizons.cgi#top
I don’t know if the procedure I’m using is correct, would really appreciate if someone takes a look : Sorry for the robovoice, something is wrong with my mic!
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Im using the starlink model by mosfet temporarily

Spacecraft "2001 Mars Odyssey"
{
    Model          "spacecraft/starlink2.sss"
    NoLighting     true
    ParentBody     "Mars"
    Radius         0.005
    Orbit
    {
    Epoch     2459470.500000000
    SemiMajorAxisKm    3.804825638151244E+03
    PeriodDays    8.247123034000406E-02
    MeanAnomaly    +2.671359404812213E+02
    ArgOfPericenter    2.647507108749190E+02
    Eccentricity    7.800466241880192E-03
    Inclination    9.303648630846963E+01
    AscendingNode    2.458432599208940E+02
    RefPlane "Equator"
    }
}

Spacecraft "Mars Express"
{
    Model          "spacecraft/starlink2.sss"
    NoLighting     true
    ParentBody     "Mars"
    Radius         0.005
    Orbit
    {
    Epoch     2459470.500000000
    SemiMajorAxisKm    8.816622223094781E+03
    PeriodDays    2.909066728059267E-01
    MeanAnomaly    +1.159532962125450E+02
    ArgOfPericenter    8.850124302639026E+01
    Eccentricity    5.722803295382805E-01
    Inclination    8.703557228206786E+01
    AscendingNode    1.566587940166173E+02
    RefPlane "Equator"

    }
}

Spacecraft "Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter"
{
    Model          "spacecraft/starlink2.sss"
    NoLighting     true
    ParentBody     "Mars"
    Radius         0.005
    Orbit
    {
       
    Epoch     2459470.500000000
    SemiMajorAxisKm    3.656402300141111E+03
    PeriodDays    7.769289326216809E-02
    MeanAnomaly    +2.100756546089188E+02
    ArgOfPericenter    2.815948883696823E+02
    Eccentricity    9.050006486433003E-03
    Inclination    9.241127975856789E+01
    AscendingNode    1.736126156594644E+01
    RefPlane        "Equator"

    }
}

Spacecraft "Mars Orbiter Mission (Mangalyaan)"
{
    Model          "spacecraft/starlink2.sss"
    NoLighting     true
    ParentBody     "Mars"
    Radius         0.005
    Orbit
    {
    Epoch     2459470.500000000
    SemiMajorAxisKm    3.975242095536460E+04
    PeriodDays    2.785131521643801E+00
    MeanAnomaly    +2.389013043061660E+02
    ArgOfPericenter    1.718757535681395E+02
    Eccentricity    9.009581874687916E-01
    Inclination    1.538160153039837E+02
    AscendingNode    2.520703732771788E+02
    RefPlane "Equator"
    }
}

Spacecraft "MAVEN"
{
    Model          "spacecraft/starlink2.sss"
    NoLighting     true
    ParentBody     "Mars"
    Radius         0.005
    Orbit
    {
    Epoch     2459470.500000000
    SemiMajorAxisKm    5.676638613432664E+03
    PeriodDays    1.502924641523433E-01
    MeanAnomaly    +1.842196155038370E+02
    ArgOfPericenter    3.187312489201630E+01
    Eccentricity    3.657911727466540E-01
    Inclination    7.486214508328472E+01
    AscendingNode    2.607542977538328E+02
    RefPlane "Equator"
    }
}




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So far, this is what I have found for Tiawen-1
Image
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tianwen-1#Orbital_elements


ExoMars - Thanks to ChrisGnam on reddit :https://www.reddit.com/r/space/comments/pmxnod/all_space_questions_thread_for_week_of_september/hcowy2r/?context=3 

Yet to find values for Emirates Mars mission. 


3d models - needs some work to convert formats. I am currently checking Harbinger Dawn’s tutorial for this. 
If anyone wants to try converting, here are some links I found so far : 
2001 Mars Odyssey -https://nasa3d.arc.nasa.gov/detail/eoss-marsodyssey
Mars Express - https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/mars-ex ... cb3ee40a89
(have to check license)
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter-https://nasa3d.arc.nasa.gov/search/Mars%20Reconnaissance%20Orbiter/
Mars Orbiter Mission -https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/mars-orbiter-mission-mangalyana-by-isro-72a4112ce14d4ce3887a8a149f5589b7(have to check license)
Maven -https://nasa3d.arc.nasa.gov/detail/maven-jpl
ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter -https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/2350/trace-gas-orbiter-3d-model/
Emirates Mars Mission - ???
Taiwen 1 - ???
Discord : supersonic71#4504

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