Antenna not connecting to KSC

[Guest]

I have used the communitron 88-88 many times on deep space missions. I used them all the way beyond eeloo. So what confuses me is that it won't connect to the KSC. I have quickloaded many times and it won't fix the problem. And it's not a problem near the KSC. And from what I can tell it's not broken or else it wouldn't be able to extend/retract. Is this a bug, or is not possible to connect from Dres, or am I behind something (because I am not from where I am looking.)

The Sun was in the way of Dres and Kerbin so I found it. Moderators could delete this post if they deem so.

Edited July 14, 2020 by Guest

[Superfluous J]

2 minutes ago, The Doodling Astronaut said:

I have used the communitron 88-88 many times on deep space missions. I used them all the way beyond eeloo. So what confuses me is that it won't connect to the KSC. I have quickloaded many times and it won't fix the problem. And it's not a problem near the KSC. And from what I can tell it's not broken or else it wouldn't be able to extend/retract. Is this a bug, or is not possible to connect from Dres, or am I behind something (because I am not from where I am looking.)

A pic of map mode would help here.

[Guest]

Hold up a minute and I can do just that

Alright I found the problem. The Sun was between Kerbin and Dres . No wonder.... LOL I wanna laugh so hard. 

[Streetwind]

@The Doodling Astronaut Fun fact: this is called a "conjunction" - an alignment of celestial bodies appearing very close together in the sky as viewed from Earth. Or in your case, viewed from Kerbin, you have a conjunction of Dres and the Sun.

In real life, these solar conjunctions screw with spacecraft operations all the time. Just ask those folks that fly the BepiColombo mission, or those operating the Mars rovers and orbiters. Or even astronomers trying to examine distant stars. Every so often, in regular intervals, they just can't do any work because some audacious giant fireball rudely shoves itself in front of their antennas/telescopes.

 

Edited July 14, 2020 by Streetwind

[Guest]

10 hours ago, Streetwind said:

@The Doodling Astronaut Fun fact: this is called a "conjunction" - an alignment of celestial bodies appearing very close together in the sky as viewed from Earth. Or in your case, viewed from Kerbin, you have a conjunction of Dres and the Sun.

In real life, these solar conjunctions screw with spacecraft operations all the time. Just ask those folks that fly the BepiColombo mission, or those operating the Mars rovers and orbiters. Or even astronomers trying to examine distant stars. Every so often, in regular intervals, they just can't do any work because some audacious giant fireball rudely shoves itself in front of their antennas/telescopes.

 

Yep Solar conjunctions are most common for me at Duna missions

Dres has an inclined orbit so usually this isn’t a problem 

[MrSystems]

Usually the first Kerbol SOI craft I launch in a new game are relays 1/3 of an orbit ahead of and behind Kerbin, at Kerbin's approximate SMA. You can fit them with Infrared Telescopes to scan for asteroids while you're at it.

[vossiewulf]

21 hours ago, Streetwind said:

Fun fact: this is called a "conjunction"

Fun fact #2: an alignment of three or more celestial bodies is called syzygy.