T6-01 // Autonomous Operational Sortie

Pass Criteria & Flight Boundaries

Cycle coolant pump & radiator to quench reactor core below 1600.0 K
Stow radiator and execute transit to Staging Waypoint Alpha (0.0m, 0.0m, 180.0m) (<=25.0m, v<=3.0 m/s)
Flight envelope limit: Max 300s
Monopropellant reserve: Maintain at least 15.0 kg
Arena perimeter containment: Max 2500m radius (5.0s breach grace)
Plume impingement restriction: Firing thrusters toward target within 50m docks 20000 points
Propellant Manifold Failure (Triggered on Objective 2 reached): Uncommanded attitude thruster stuck-open upon staging waypoint arrival
Drone Intercept Authorized (Triggered on Objective 3 reached): Target Drone Alpha active evasion detected; proceed to close-range intercept

Orbital Environment & Known Sector Objects

TARGET-DRONE-01 Target Drone Alpha TARGET DRONE

POS: [X:+10, Y:+5, Z:+240]m VEL: Stationary (0.0 m/s) RADIUS: 3m MASS: 2500kg

WAYPOINT-ALPHA Staging Waypoint Alpha NAV AID

POS: [X:+0, Y:+0, Z:+180]m VEL: Stationary (0.0 m/s) RADIUS: 10m MASS: 100kg

AST-01 Asteroid Ceres-Minor COLLISION HAZARD

POS: [X:+120, Y:+40, Z:+200]m VEL: Drifting (0.8 m/s) RADIUS: 15m MASS: 20000kg

AST-02 Asteroid Vesta-Shard COLLISION HAZARD

POS: [X:-140, Y:-50, Z:+600]m VEL: Drifting (0.6 m/s) RADIUS: 20m MASS: 45000kg

Mission Instructions

1. Multi-Stage Deep-Space Sortie

The capstone sortie integrates every spacecraft subsystem—RCS thrusters, reaction wheels, optical star trackers, thermal radiators, liquid-bipropellant main engine, LIDAR proximity sensors, and solar arrays—into a single continuous four-phase mission.

2. Four-Phase Flight Plan

Execute all four operational phases sequentially within the mission fuel and time budgets:

Phase 1 — Attitude Recovery & Celestial Fix: Arrest the initial double-fault tumble, slew out of the solar exclusion cone, and acquire [STR_TRK] STATUS: LOCKED.
Phase 2 — Radiator Protection & Main Engine Transit Burn: Ensure radiators are retracted for high-G acceleration, perform an RCS ullage settling pulse, and fire the main engine toward Waypoint Alpha.
Phase 3 — Proximity Braking & Station-Keeping: Decelerate cleanly on approach and establish a stable proximity hold near the target beacon without plume impingement or collision.
Phase 4 — Solar Array Lock & Thermal Stabilization: Slew to lock the solar wings onto the Sun vector and deploy thermal radiators to stabilize core temperature below operating limits.

3. Prompt Your Autonomous Agent

Prompt Antigravity to orchestrate the full multi-phase capstone sortie:

Antigravity Prompt

Read /api/specs/missions and the hardware specifications under /api/specs/hardware.
Design a multi-phase autonomous mission executive for capstone mission T6-01:
1. Phase 1: Recover from initial tumble and acquire Star Tracker lock.
2. Phase 2: Protect radiators, settle propellant ullage, and execute the main engine transit burn.
3. Phase 3: Brake using LIDAR feedback and hold station at the target coordinates.
4. Phase 4: Acquire solar array lock and deploy radiators to stabilize core temperature.