I just got the most perfectest flight ever Took off heading vertically with my three stage, fairly simple 'Torchship 3' rocket. At about 35km I pitched east just below the horizon to burn off the vertical speed and get the required vertical speed. After a couple of adjustments I was in a very, very stable circular orbit at ~40.5km, with one stage and ~3% fuel left. Did a couple of tiny burns to keep horizontal speed perfect and vertical speed <1m/s. ;D The best part, though, was starting the deorbital burn when KSC was 20° below the horizon. I then squeezed off the last couple drops of to try and nudge myself just a bit father north towards the space center, and, well... Yes, that is after a full orbit! I don't think I could ever do better.