RedTransporter Simulation20-day Earth–Moon round tripConceptual engineering simulation
One vehicle, two orbital nodes, a repeating 20-day cycle.
The RedTransporter is not a spacecraft in isolation — it is rolling stock inside a transportation architecture. It departs the Earth orbital node, flies a translunar transfer arc, works the lunar node, and returns to LEO for turnaround.
Earth↓LEO↓RedTransporter↓Lunar orbit↓RedTransporter↓LEO↓Earth
Initialising mission simulation…
Conceptual engineering simulation. RedTransporter technology is not currently operational.
01 · Mission profile
DAY 0
LEO Departure
Vehicle loiters in the 400 km departure node until the translunar window opens.
DAY 1–10
Translunar Transfer
Coast along the transfer ellipse; speed falls continuously toward apogee.
DAY 10
Lunar Orbit Arrival
Braking burn at periselene captures into the 100 km lunar node.
DAY 10–20
Return Transfer
Trans-Earth injection places the vehicle on the return arc.
DAY 20
LEO Arrival
Capture at the Earth node; vehicle turned around for the next cycle.
02 · Vehicle reference
03 · Parameters
Departure node400 km circular LEOSimulated
Arrival node100 km circular lunar orbitSimulated
Transfer ellipsea ≈ 195,386 km · e ≈ 0.965Simulated
Mean Earth–Moon distance384,400 kmSimulated
Trajectory integrationKepler solution on the transfer arcSimulated
Mission cycle20 days round tripConceptual
Vehicle classCargoPod A72 · reusable, autonomousConceptual
Propulsion layout8 × corner thruster pods (4 fore / 4 aft)Conceptual
DockingForward androgynous collar, aft cargo hatchConceptual
Vehicle scale in viewExaggerated for visibilityConceptual