Test Facility Octagon

Test Facility Octagon is landmark on microTech in the Stanton system. It sits at 49.2 degrees noerdlich latitude and -13.7 degrees longitude, 2.1 km above ground.

Day and night on microTech

A full day on microTech lasts 4 hours 7 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 Test Facility Octagon.

Approach

The nearest quantum point on microTech is Cry-Astro Processing Plant 19-02. From there it is 171.5 km on the shortest route (great circle) or 171.8 km on a fixed compass heading of 239.1 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 Test Facility Octagon 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.

Sun position now

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