Plan a space mission

Choose where to depart, where to go, the rocket and the payload. The route is computed with real orbital mechanics (simplified) and compared with historic missions.

FromToRocketPayload · 6.0 t⛽ Fuel · 3.0 t · Probe (hydrazine)More fuel = more burns, but heavier at launch

Ready scenarios

T+

0.0 days

Speed

38.58 km/s

Sun dist.

1.00 UA

→ Jupiter

813.5 mln km

🚀 Engines on: the probe leaves its parking orbit.

⛽ Fuel 100%

Pause, pick a moment on the bar and fire the engines: the path is recomputed with Sun and planet gravity. Educational estimate: compressed distances, circular coplanar orbits.

Compared with real missions

Your route

direct

2.6 yr

1.25 mld km

Juno

Terra → Terra (ΔV-EGA) → Giove · Atlas V 551

4.9 yr

2.80 mld km

Europa Clipper

Terra → Marte → Terra → Giove · Falcon Heavy

5.5 yr

2.90 mld km

JUICE

Luna-Terra → Venere → Terra → Terra → Giove · Ariane 5

8.2 yr

6.60 mld km

Times and distances of real missions are public figures (approx.). Your route uses an educational patched-conic model: real missions also depend on launch dates, inclinations and course corrections.