3 months, that's quite an expedition - bravo!Finished!
CMDR Name: Tazbert
Planet: Chi Herculis - Kumay
Radius: 605km
Start date 27/3/2019
Finish date 27/6/2019
Time Taken: 3 Months
11 SRVs destroyed
71 basic repairs
36 refuels
5.22Mm travelled
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Bravo indeed, Congrats cmdr o73 months, that's quite an expedition - bravo!
Works for me, thanks AlecAs for an entry in the OP of this thread ... I've just realised that I haven't created entries for any of the First Great Planetary Expedition circumnavigations. I think what I'll do is create a special entry for the expedition and just list the names of all the participants who've finished if that's OK with everyone?
Just epic! Glad you made it (caught some live but not the end). Errr, gonna have to think up a special status for that one ... SUCCESS seems inadequate somehow!I did a few orbits on stream, and then I um.. jumped the SRV from the moon to the planet over a 37 hour period, which now my SRV travel distance is now measured in light seconds.
Orbit stuff starts about 2hr 40 min in:
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Highlights:
Leaving the moon
Ring Entry![]()
Ring exit![]()
Landing(?) is around 3 hr 42 min in:![]()
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Source: https://www.twitch.tv/malic_vr
We ended up going around the planet five total times and a lot of partials when we were messing around lining up vectors and trying to do orbital maneuvers. One orbit, then did a timed orbit, which IIRC was about 19 mins, went into space on the back half, got up to speed and did a third and forth, then got into orbit again, and then did the jump from moon to planet, where we got to speed, did a full orbit to make sure we were lined up, and then went into space when I was moving toward the planetQuick apology to @Malic for not adding your entry yet, been busy. I have sorted out your EDSM Planetary Circumnavigation badge. Could you maybe let me know the system/planet you circumnavigated (orbited) and how many times and also maybe the time it took and the distance you covered (although I might be able to work these out from the videos).
Well done Cmdr!Cmdr name: Alexfighter
Planet/Moon: Eifonth WR-A D14-6 B 1 A
Gravity: 0.04
Radius: 156.6 km
Approximate distance travelled: 990 km
Start- & Endpoint: 0 , 90 (equator). Circumnavigated crossing both poles.
Start/finish date: 30.09.3305 / 02.10.3305
Time taken: Approximately 8h 10m.
Evidence/travelogue: Rendering video... Uploading and sending link when it's finished.
Status: SUCCESS
Congratulations sir and welcome to the hallowed ranks of the Planetary Circumnavigation Club! Your entry has been added to the club's official records in the OP of this thread and, on the off chance that you use EDSM, an application has been made for your Planetary Circumnavigation Club badge.Cmdr name: Alexfighter
Planet/Moon: Eifonth WR-A D14-6 B 1 A
Gravity: 0.04
Radius: 156.6 km
Approximate distance travelled: 990 km
Start- & Endpoint: 0 , 90 (equator). Circumnavigated crossing both poles.
Start/finish date: 30.09.3305 / 02.10.3305
Time taken: Approximately 8h 10m.
Evidence/travelogue: 16x video on Youtube with final 1x celebration.
Status: SUCCESS
O7 thanks for the mentionI just wanted to give a shoutout to @Rick6549 who's doing something quite extraordinary - driving around a planet who's radius (not even circumference ... RADIUS) is 25,500 km - a journey of approximately 160,246 km (and it's 3.48 G too). I'll confess that I was pretty sceptical about this (we've been duped in the Planetary Circumnavigation Club before so I guess I'm a bit more wary than I used to be) but he's been making steady progress and you can follow his adventures over here: going-the-distance.
o7 commander ... there's bold, there's insane ... and then there's this.