> Help the Launchdotcom team perform a mission on their satellite to take a picture of a specific location on the ground. No hacking here, just good old fashion mission planning!
> The current time is April 22, 2020 at midnight (2020-04-22T00:00:00Z).
> We need to obtain images of the Iranian space port (35.234722 N 53.920833 E) with our satellite within the next 48 hours.
> You must design a mission plan that obtains the images and downloads them within the time frame without causing any system failures on the spacecraft, or putting it at risk of continuing operations.
> The spacecraft in question is USA 224 in the NORAD database with the following TLE:
> You need to obtain 120 MB of image data of the target location and downlink it to our ground station in Fairbanks, AK (64.977488 N 147.510697 W).
> Your mission will begin at 2020-04-22T00:00:00Z and last 48 hours.
> You are submitting a mission plan to a simulator that will ensure the mission plan will not put the spacecraft at risk, and will accomplish the desired objectives.
## Write-up
by [hazel (`arcetera`)](https://qtp2t.club/)
In the time range [2020-04-22 00:00:00, 2020-04-23 23:59:00], the USA 224
satellite as given in the TLE above reaches the Iranian space port twice: