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Anyone care to add the exact place that someone is getting that 4500? It's super common, an exact sequence of steps basically taken to derive it would be great.

Seems like my second message just got deleted. I really want to find the correct calculation and/or find the correct way to measure it through trial and error. Please explain the last paragraph of your post

I'm not quite sure I understand that last part. I really do want to make an actual calculation of it or at least figure out how it would be approximated in the first place.

I thought I would ask a question about how the launch ðÂݴv figures are calculated for Kerbin since I haven't been able to come to the answer myself. I have done the calculation for the transfer ðÂݴv added to the ðÂݴv required to combat gravity due to potential energy. This produces a higher number than what's possible because the gravity ðÂݴv will decrease as the craft rises. However since air resistance isn't factored into the equation I was using it should probably balance out. However for a 80km circular orbit I get about ðÂݴv = 5932.1614 as the total ðÂݴv. I get transfer ðÂݴv of 2278.9316 and a gravity ðÂݴv of 3653.2298. transfer ðÂݴv = 2278.9316 km/s2 gravity ðÂݴv = 3653.2298 km/s2 total ðÂݴv = 5932.1614 km/s2