Can I reuse the same ore scanning satellite and keep the overlays?

[THX1138]

If I move an ore scanning satellite to a different planet, will I lose the ore concentration overlay of the planet I moved it from?

[Tex_NL]

Have you tried answering your own question yet by moving your scanner?
Just make a save and see what happens. If the results are undesirable simply revert.

[adsii1970]

@THX1138: Seriously, I think that what @Tex_NL is hinting at is that one of the best teachers of KSP is simply trial and error. I've learned more (wow, that didn't work too well... dang, that was a big failure) that way than I have by watching YouTube videos or reading the forum.

Before playing your game, make a save file. Test the theory...the procedure... or whatever else you're interested in. If it works, no problem, then go replicate it in your original game. If it doesn't work, then you simply do not do it in your regular saved game. I've been playing KSP since 2012 and still use the trial and error method.

[magnemoe]

It works well, I tend to use the same scanner for kerbin. Mun and Minmus.

Also used one for Eve and Gilly and Duna and ike 

[bewing]

The game keeps a flag for which celestial bodies have been scanned. You only have to do it once per body.

[Cerberus738]

You need a the scanner to activate the overlay. You won't have to scan again but there's no way to see the overlay without that part in orbit. Once it is scanned you can be in any orbit to activate it (with the scanner part)

[EnderKid2]

11 hours ago, Cerberus738 said:

You need a the scanner to activate the overlay. You won't have to scan again but there's no way to see the overlay without that part in orbit. Once it is scanned you can be in any orbit to activate it (with the scanner part)

I think you can toggle overlay from the tracking station, so you don't need the part in orbit.

[Cerberus738]

Just now, EnderKid2 said:

I think you can toggle overlay from the tracking station, so you don't need the part in orbit.

Hmmmm good to know! I don't use the tracking station much.

[FancyMouse]

Or even just focusing on a planet when flying a ship, you'll have access to the overlay button.

Unless you're still in 1.0.5, which has a stock bug that none of the tracking station/focusing on a planet can access that button.