I don't see that. I've been crunching my numbers some more, so I am not against discussion, but here I see only "you're wrong" without anything else.
Your calculations were wrong.
I said they were not, and showed why.
Than you rejected that, by saying that HITEN did it.
Which is not the case.
I again state this fault in your calculations:
How about this. Let us do the total LEO first:
To a basic 185km orbit at 26 degree inclination, the Atlas 552 can bring 20,050 kg. Which means, at 13,600 kg payload, plus STAR-48's weight of 2134 kg, so a total of 15634 kg in total. Which means that your Centaur can retain 4416 kg of fuel. Now, doing a 20 second burn at every Perigee would expand the orbit, adding approximately 176 m/s DeltaV (154 m/s actual impulse, 22 m/s gravity assist). By limiting your burns to just this narrow window, you get full effect of the earths gravity to help you. This would also use 229.4 kg of fuel. The Centaur could as a result add a total of 3388 m/s Delta V from this once it's fuel is used up. EML1 is 3768 m/s, to remind you. Now you ignite the STAR-48, which with the gravity asist slingshotting through EML1, around the moon then earth adds another 984 m/s delta v, giving you a total of 4372 m/s Delta V. The total needed for TMI, mind you, is 4298 m/s. So there you are, 13,600 kg on TMI, and it only took a *lot* of burns, 19 of them in fact.
Filling in an the rocket equation:
DV=9.81*451*ln(20050/15634)
DV=1100 m/s
This is nowhere near the 3388 m/s you stated.
DV=9.81*451*ln(20050/19820.6)
DV=50.9
This is nowhere near the 176 m/s you stated.
I don't see that. I've been crunching my numbers some more, so I am not against discussion, but here I see only "you're wrong" without anything else.
Your calculations were wrong.
I said they were not, and showed why.
Than you rejected that, by saying that HITEN did it.
Which is not the case.
I again state this fault in your calculations:
How about this. Let us do the total LEO first:
To a basic 185km orbit at 26 degree inclination, the Atlas 552 can bring 20,050 kg. Which means, at 13,600 kg payload, plus STAR-48's weight of 2134 kg, so a total of 15634 kg in total. Which means that your Centaur can retain 4416 kg of fuel. Now, doing a 20 second burn at every Perigee would expand the orbit, adding approximately 176 m/s DeltaV (154 m/s actual impulse, 22 m/s gravity assist). By limiting your burns to just this narrow window, you get full effect of the earths gravity to help you. This would also use 229.4 kg of fuel. The Centaur could as a result add a total of 3388 m/s Delta V from this once it's fuel is used up. EML1 is 3768 m/s, to remind you. Now you ignite the STAR-48, which with the gravity asist slingshotting through EML1, around the moon then earth adds another 984 m/s delta v, giving you a total of 4372 m/s Delta V. The total needed for TMI, mind you, is 4298 m/s. So there you are, 13,600 kg on TMI, and it only took a *lot* of burns, 19 of them in fact.
Filling in an the rocket equation:
DV=9.81*451*ln(20050/15634)
DV=1100 m/s
This is nowhere near the 3388 m/s you stated.
DV=9.81*451*ln(20050/19820.6)
DV=50.9
This is nowhere near the 176 m/s you stated.
I think the 176 m/s was supposed to come from the last burn, not the first. So we have:
DV=9.81*451*ln((15634+229.4)/15634)
DV=64.5
which is still far short of 176 m/s.
I don't see that. I've been crunching my numbers some more, so I am not against discussion, but here I see only "you're wrong" without anything else.
Your calculations were wrong.
I said they were not, and showed why.
Than you rejected that, by saying that HITEN did it.
Which is not the case.
I again state this fault in your calculations:
How about this. Let us do the total LEO first:
To a basic 185km orbit at 26 degree inclination, the Atlas 552 can bring 20,050 kg. Which means, at 13,600 kg payload, plus STAR-48's weight of 2134 kg, so a total of 15634 kg in total. Which means that your Centaur can retain 4416 kg of fuel. Now, doing a 20 second burn at every Perigee would expand the orbit, adding approximately 176 m/s DeltaV (154 m/s actual impulse, 22 m/s gravity assist). By limiting your burns to just this narrow window, you get full effect of the earths gravity to help you. This would also use 229.4 kg of fuel. The Centaur could as a result add a total of 3388 m/s Delta V from this once it's fuel is used up. EML1 is 3768 m/s, to remind you. Now you ignite the STAR-48, which with the gravity asist slingshotting through EML1, around the moon then earth adds another 984 m/s delta v, giving you a total of 4372 m/s Delta V. The total needed for TMI, mind you, is 4298 m/s. So there you are, 13,600 kg on TMI, and it only took a *lot* of burns, 19 of them in fact.
Filling in an the rocket equation:
DV=9.81*451*ln(20050/15634)
DV=1100 m/s
This is nowhere near the 3388 m/s you stated.
DV=9.81*451*ln(20050/19820.6)
DV=50.9
This is nowhere near the 176 m/s you stated.
I think the 176 m/s was supposed to come from the last burn, not the first. So we have:
DV=9.81*451*ln((15634+229.4)/15634)
DV=64.5
which is still far short of 176 m/s.
Last burn is of the STAR-48:
DV=9.81*262*ln(15634/14600) (incl the dry weight of kick motor)
DV= 176 m/s