Ruptura OLP

Ruptura OLP is orbital laser platform on Aberdeen in the Stanton system. It sits at 55.6 degrees noerdlich latitude and 152.3 degrees longitude, 13.6 km above ground.

Day and night on Aberdeen

A full day on Aberdeen lasts 2 hours 36 minutes, and roughly half of that is daylight. In Stanton and Pyro every body lies in one plane with no axial tilt — so there are no seasons, and the daylight phase is the same length everywhere. The directory below works out in real time when the sun is up at Ruptura OLP.

Approach

The nearest quantum point on Aberdeen is HDMS Norgaard. From there it is 157.1 km on the shortest route (great circle) or 157.7 km on a fixed compass heading of 35.3 degrees. At 250 m/s and 2 km altitude that works out to roughly 11 minutes of flight time. The great circle is shorter but needs constant correction; on the rhumb line you hold one heading.

Orbital markers

Distances from Ruptura OLP to the six orbital markers. It works the other way round too: read those numbers off your HUD and you can work out exactly where you are.

Mining on Aberdeen

Ship mining on Aberdeen turns up: Aluminium, Titanium, Ouratite, Quantanium. The deposits were gathered by players; CIG adjusts the rates with every patch.

Sun position now

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