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for accuracy, you need to change file "asteroids.ssc" in "extra" folder, where was changed only orbital data for asteroid Toutatis (data for epoch 18 Oct 2020)........

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Toutatis-8... Mission to Mars...

18 Jan 2020 - Start of mission...
17 Oct 2020 - Rendezvous with asteroid Toutatis...
1 Jan 2022 - Arriving to Mars...

Wow, toutatis, you've come a long way! From starting out with basic untextured models, to making your own missions with their own trajectories! Thanks SpaceFanatic64.... Well, basic knowledge of space flight mechanics helps me plan trajectories... and I also space fanatic and I wished all my life t...

Toutatis-7 mission is completed.... Next mission to Mars, Phobos and Deimos...

Soon...

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1919 launch? Goodbye realism...

was mistake in text... lol

No, likely just a typo.

yes... am sorry

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I would request a spacecraft, but I think you already have enough work to do.

Ok, No problem... When I finish Toutatis Program (I guess that maximum during 2 next months) , I can...

How many Toutatis series spacecraft will there be? Ok... two more missions to outer dwarf planets in the Kuiper Belt ...these 2 mission will continue to use radioisotope thermoelectric energy source... Toutatis-7: Earth - Jupiter (gravity assist) - Eris... Toutatis-8: Earth - Pluto.... also mission...

You know, I think one of the missions should be an orbiter around Pluto.

Yes, of course... Next T-8...

This mission to the Neptune system is completed... and during this week I will try to prepare Toutatis -7 is the journey to the dwarf planet Eris...

Ok, good. It's nice to know that know you have the power to fill in gaps in spacecraft trajectories where data is lacking or unavailable.

I learn fast...

Maybe have it make a few close flybys of Larissa and then end the mission by burning in the atmosphere.

Ok, SpaceFanatic64... I will see if it possible...

Toutatis-6... the mission to the Neptune system... To be continued (because there is still a bit propellant)... I still have not decided how to finish this mission... I think it possible to enter into orbit around Triton because Toutatis-6 got a retrograd orbit like Triton and it can be made with re...

Because the orbital data for the moons of Neptune in Celestia is too old (data for 1989), for more accuracy flyby in the Neptune system you need: If you use Celestia Origin, replace the file solarsys.ssc... which in "data" folder... Celestia/data/solarsys.ssc..... or just correct the orbit...

In the mission to the Neptune system Toutatis-6 will use a Jupiter’s gravitational assist... ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Due to the high speed of entry into the system of the planet Neptune (above than 16 km per second), most of the fuel will be consumed for the braking impulse for entering into orbit around th...

These "Toutatis Program" add-ons are completed...

Toutatis-3... mission to the Jupiter system...
Toutatis-4... mission to the Saturn system...
Toutatis-5... mission to the Uranus system...

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Toutatis-6... Mission to the Neptune system during this week...

Update for Toutatis-3....