CharlesKerbin

You chaps are stars. Thank you so much for your help! I really appreciate the guidance. I apologize for being so tardy in getting back to you, but I finally had a 6 hour flight to effect the rendez-vous and thanks to your advice, all is well! Thank you again!

Hi Team I need some help. I need to do a rescue mission, but the orbit is inclined (around 11 degrees from equatorial orbit), with apoapsis of ~14,000km and periapsis of ~12,000km. I'm trying the following sequence of events: 1. Launch into a matching include orbit 2. Burn at periapsis to extend apo to ~13,900km 3. Circularize at apo 4. Catch-up to the target in my slightly lower orbit 5. Slight prograde burn to rendezvous 6. Switch to target-mode approach... I can't seem to get the right orbit inclination at launch, and just not enough fuel to correct the inclination... What would you do?