I'm planning on doing a complete round trip to the moon and back, it's not the first time I attempted this and was successful up until the trans earth injection. At this point the burn planner wasn't getting me into a return trajectory no matter what values I inserted that would bring me back to the earth safely. I eventually realized that it was due to the orbital inclination I had around the moon. So my question is: what's the best way to get into a lunar orbit at a proper, approximate equatorial orbit?
#Best TLI values
harsh sparrow
dim agate
Ideally targeting a node close to equatorial, then your LOI1/2 need to have a plane change component to change inclination
Launching from florida you wont end up equatorial around the moon with just TLI
harsh sparrow
Ok I'll try that
@dim agate is there a way to see what inclination I'll get before I execute the TLI burn
dim agate
I cannot speak for the targeting in reentry as far as the ability to do this of course
No idea in reentry
harsh sparrow
Fair enough
dim agate
just saying what you would actually need to achieve it from TLI on
harsh sparrow
I'll try what you suggested
dim agate
this article might help explain some as well https://history.nasa.gov/afj/launchwindow/lw1.html
jaunty robin
TLI should place you into a lunar orbit with an inclination of 8 degrees. Something's going wrong with the TEI planner, which is fairly common