madspy Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 Hey, I am just wondering if one can create a stationary orbit so that a satellite always appears to be in the same place? ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stationary_orbit )If this has been done, could someone direct me to a tutorial?Thanks in advance, madspy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddavis425 Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 It can be done with Kerbin, just get a ship to a 2,868,400 m orbit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madspy Posted July 10, 2012 Author Share Posted July 10, 2012 Thats not going to be too easy...NEARLY three million metres. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanamonde Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 All it takes is fuel. Getting it to be geostationary above a certain place is a little trickier, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubOrbitalGuy Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 It can be done with Kerbin, just get a ship to a 2,868,400 m orbit.Actually there is 2 more conditions: The orbit has to have an inclination of 0 degrees and it needs to be in eastern direction too, I\'m sure you knew this already I\'m not sure how to orbit above one specific place (on the equator).I would use an initial orbit that is a bit lower (2400 km or something) and then wait for the moment the craft is about above the desired place.Then burn to raise AP to 2868.4 km, wait for arriving at AP and raise PE to the same.Is there a better (more exact) method? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shortsonfire79 Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 As far as I know, SubOrbitalGuy is correct. According to the wiki your satellite needs to be at an altitude of 2,868.4km on both the periapsis and the apoapsis. When you get there you need a velocity of 1008.9m/s, though as your vessel approaches both altitudes your velocity should approach the geostationary speeds. I used this but at the required altitude. It took about 50 minutes to achieve geosynchronous/geostationary orbit (although I didn\'t get the inclination of 0 degree that SOG says...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
togfox Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 anyone that can get to the mun can reach a geo orbit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ModernArc Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 It is easy, but requires a good amount of fuel. I would say, make an orbit around 2,500,000m. (or more) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddavis425 Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 Oh hey, that\'s my video And yes, it does need to be 0 inclination, or else your position will change over Kerbin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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