SSVG — Solar System Voyager

Fly freely

A Probe (space probe) of SSVG can fly freely in the solar system. It sounds natural, but actual space flights are not so free. Followings are some samples of difficulties of actual spaceflights and the ways by which SSVG eases up each difficulty.

(1) Consumption of Propellant
As shown in "Propulsion Systems and Rocket Equation" in the SSVG User’s Guide, ordinary propulsion systems consume a large amount of propellant to accelerate spacecraft significantly. Propellant on board and its consumption are one of the focuses of attention of actual spaceflights.

To provide users with "Fun of spaceflights," we made daring simplification about propulsion systems of SSVG. Both Chemical Propulsion Engine and Electric Propulsion Engine of SSVG do not consume any propellant to accelerate Probes.

(2) Positions and Orbits of Probes
To guide the Probe toward the targeting object, you should know "current" position and orbit of the Probe. In an actual spaceflight, determination of position and orbit of a spacecraft requires large ground installations, such as radars, and it takes long complex activities.

In SSVG, there is no problem of the sort. SSVG computes precise position and velocity for every instant.

(3) Strategy of SpaceFlights
Because significant orbital transfer requires a large amount of propellant as mentioned in (1), an actual spacecraft is usually launched into an orbit that is carefully designed in advance. Almost all spaceflights are "preplanned" ones.

In SSVG, we have entirely different choice for the strategy to perform a spaceflight. Our Probe can fly its space travel with "planless," or "try and discover" manner.

whiskie14142/Shushi Uetsuki