The second qualifying stage is held in a command format on the Internet as part of the online flight simulator and landing of Orbit spacecraft. The duration of the second qualifying stage - 2 weeks. Works are evaluated automatically by means of an online simulator. The tasks are interdisciplinary in nature and in a simpler form they recreate the engineering task of the final stage, the participants had to write flight programs in Python.
The scope and complexity of the tasks of this stage are selected in such a way that the solution of all tasks by one team is unlikely. This is intended to provide a more informed choice of tasks solved by the team. The solution to each problem gives a certain number of points.
Some tasks can bring a different number of points - depending on the quality and speed of their solution, a number of tasks imply penalties for the number of attempts. At this stage, another rating system is used; theoretically, you can get a total of from 0 to 74510 points.
All task conditions are available to participants from the first day of the second qualifying round.
Teams can perform tasks in any order. Some tasks allow an unlimited number of attempts to pass the solution (launches), other tasks assume penalty points for exceeding the number of available attempts.
Examples of tasks
Problem 2.1 "Landing on the Moon" (max. 180 points)
The moon is the closest astronomical object to Earth. Landing a ship on the moon is the simplest task with which mankind has already coped more than once. The creation and launch of the apparatus for the study of the lunar surface consists of several stages. In this problem we will consider only one, but the most interesting stage is the landing of the vehicle. You will have to design your own apparatus and draw up a technical task for its production, wait for the results of the flight and get a telemetry of the landing process.
Successfully plant the device on the first attempt is not easy. In case of failure, you have to analyze the telemetry data and change the technical task for the next launch.
Formulation of the problemThis is only the first training task, so there are several assumptions: it falls vertically on the surface of the moon, its initial speed is zero, and from the available equipment there is only a damper and a brake motor.
The task is to determine at what point in time t1 the brake motor must be turned on, so that by the time of landing t1 + t2 the ship’s speed would be less than 50 m / s, otherwise the impact will not be able to be sorted with a damper.
In other words, you need to calculate two parameters — the time to turn on the brake motor and the time to turn it off — and insert them into the flight program of the vehicle.
All the initial data are known: this is the initial height, mass and radius of the moon, the mass of the apparatus, the force of the brake motor.
Full text of the task on page 293Task 2.2 "Landing on Mars" (max. 1650 points)The Red Planet is a much more complex spacecraft landing object than the Moon. First, Mars is much more massive, which means gravity plays a much larger role. Secondly, there is an atmosphere on Mars, so the influence of atmospheric resistance on the movement of a ship near the surface will be significant.
In this task, the operation of the apparatus on the surface will also not be considered. At your disposal there will again be a fully designed vehicle, but you will have to program its flight yourself: choose at what point you need to turn on the brake engine, open the parachute, etc.
Analysis of telemetry will allow to correct mistakes made during landing, already in the next device.
Formulation of the problem
Compared to the moon, the task becomes more complicated: now we have to work in two dimensions. The device has an initial horizontal (orbital) speed. Moreover, now the apparatus is affected not only by the force of gravity, but also by the force of aerodynamic drag (Stokes), which is proportional to the square of the velocity of the apparatus. However, in this problem there is a simplification: the surface of the planet is taken as a plane. Also, you will be available a special program for calculations.
The condition of the problem makes the analytical solution very difficult, so we suggest that you qualitatively evaluate the values of speeds and forces, as well as carefully analyze the results of unsuccessful flights.
Full text of the task on page 297Problem 2.3. "Work on the surface of Mars" (max. 20,000 points)The design of the apparatusWe suggest you continue the mission to conquer Mars with the development of a device for working on the surface of the planet. Having made a successful landing, your device will begin to transmit scientific data to Earth, which will enhance the knowledge of mankind about the Red Planet.
Victory conditions:For the successful solution of this mission, you get winning points. In this mission, you get points for the scientific information transmitted to Earth as follows: For each 1 megabit (1000 kilobits) scientific information transmitted to the earth, the team gets 0.1 points (in other words, the number of points = information transmitted / 1000). You are given 10 attempts. Each additional attempt beyond these ten takes the team 30 points. Thus, you can get no more than 30 additional attempts (i.e. Minus 900 points).
The mission also has the following achievements:- Researcher - Transfer scientific data from Mars of any size (100 points)
- First Mover - First in time to transfer scientific data from Mars (200 points)
- Equipment Delivery - The heaviest machine that landed on Mars and transmitted data (300 points)
- Efficiency - The lightest machine, landing on Mars and transmitting data (500 points)
- Space Race - Send scientific data from Mars during the first three days after the team received the task (300 points)
- Reliable design - The device worked on Mars for all 72 hours (200 points)
Formulation of the problemIf from the point of view of physics, the problem remains the same, then its design part will be much more complicated. You have to completely design the device and make a program not only for landing, but also for planetary activity. The device can work on the surface of Mars not more than 72 Earth (!) Hours.

You do not have to design an arbitrary device from scratch. At your disposal will be a spherical apparatus, its size, you can install yourself. You will have to calculate the required external parameters of the device (mass and radius), choose the necessary equipment for work and scientific instruments.
We recommend the following order of development:
- design the device with the maximum payload and plant it;
- fill the payload with the necessary equipment to ensure maximum scientific results.
The design of the device and the flight program must take into account the level of power supply in the ship, so that all systems have enough energy, as well as the capacity of communication systems, so that information can be transmitted to Earth in the right amount.
In addition to the design of the device, you have to develop a flight program, for example, to determine the time when brake engines or scientific instruments should switch on and off.
Complete data on the task on page 305 .
Problem 2.5 "Communication with the Earth" (max. 520)The spacecraft moves in a circular orbit with a given height in the X0Y plane. It is necessary to program the device so that it transmits the specified message to Earth. It is necessary to take advantage of high-performance communications spacecraft. The task is complicated by two factors: the signal is shielded by the Earth, the antenna of such a subsystem has an opening angle (γ) specified in the spacecraft parameters.

We will assume that the ground measuring point (NIP) tracks the position of the spacecraft, so you only need to orient the device to the NPC.
In this mission, you do not need to design the device entirely, but you will need to select several parameters for the design of the device - the area of solar panels and radiators, as well as write a flight program. We recommend that you use the lessons learned in the previous mission.
The spacecraft is equipped with an orientation and stabilization subsystem, which allows you to set the torque through the inclusion of a flywheel, as well as a high-performance communication subsystem, the parameters of which are shown in the table below. The SC as in the first training mission at the beginning of the flight will have a starting angular velocity, which will have to be repaid for the successful completion of the mission.

When designing the device, you need to calculate and specify the areas for solar batteries and radiators on the edges of 1-4 devices and the area of radiators on the edges of 5-6 devices, for example:
Full text of the task on page 321Task 2.7 "Survey of the Earth from space" (max. 12500 points)The task “Survey of the Earth from space” is devoted to the shooting of the Earth's surface from space by a small spacecraft. You will need to photograph an object on the surface of the Earth and transfer the resulting image to a ground measuring station (NIP) using high-performance communications.
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