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oh yay I've remembered my forum credentials! sorry to resurrect an old post but I have a question regarding launching to rendezvous and while it has been semi-answered in this thread I need a bit more information. so I set my target, click the launch to rendezvous button, then engage the autopilot and wait for the magic to happen... do I have to set my orbit altitude in MJ as well? the first time I launched to Rendezvous I noticed my orbit was equal to the old data I had in the box from a previous mission. Or is that just a sheer coincidence because my target's orbit was within 5k of my old orbit?

I understood that the node was in 170 days not a 170 day burn, I have Kerbal Alarm Clock, I've just struggled to work out how to use it properly I didn't think it would be efficient, just speculating on if it could be done. I figured it was something along these lines, red for inefficient, blue for efficient, just didn't realise it was to do with the d/v, I assumed it was to do with how long until the window. I generally only send one rocket at a time, my pc doesn't run KSP too well (even when I use my linux 64bit installation) so I try to minimize required computing power as much as I can. This... This makes perfect sense to me strangely. haven't toyed around with nuclear engines yet, a bit unsure about how to use them but i'll have a play around later on... this is very helpful, thanks for the link thanks for the responses everyone, will have a play around and see if I can't get me to Duna

Hi All, haven't posted for a while but i've been having a recurring issue trying to get to Duna for a contract. I use Mechjeb to help me out but it still doesn't seem to help. Basically, I build a craft to get me to Duna using the D/V map to check I have enough fuel, get into LKO (~90km), then tell mechjeb to transfer. this usually gives me a node time of ~170'ish days. the issue I have is that you are limited to a very low speed of time acceleration at a 90km orbit and accelerating for ~170 days will take me a good couple of hours, is there any way to change this? another thing that i've been considering is whether it would be worthwhile pushing myself into Kerbol orbit and then hohmann (sp?) transferring to Duna that way, or would that just be a ridiculous waste of fuel and/or an impossibility? thirdly, Mechjeb offers a 'Porkchop' Transfer option but I don't understand the graphic that i'm looking at, is anyone able to explain it? or point me in the right direction to find out the information? (I get that the picture looks like a porkchop). Cheers DR

not able to help with much of it but did ksp actually crash when installing ATM? because the first launch after install will take a long time and will seem like it's crashed at times. also, I don't think the game uses steam cloud atm, i've never seen anything syncing from KSP.

as was said above, those rechargeable battery packs have no way of recharging themselves when they run out so you need solar panels to recharge them

it only happens the first time you install it, it also mentions it on the ATM page that it will happen

Thanks for the Tip, Maltesh. I'll give it a go in a single launch and if I can't get something i'm happy with, i'll have a go at building it procedurally. Thanks

okay thanks i'll give it a try, one other question about fairings though, when it comes to parts, i'm using stock. Does Stock have fairings in it or will I need to download a mod for them?

is your VAB fully upgraded? the info panel you are showing in your VAB screenshot shows a maximum mass of 18.0t which ties in with a level 1 VAB

Hi all, I've recently picked up my first orbital space station mission but i'm having trouble building it. Can the station be built in several launches or does it have to be done in one launch? as when you launch the second time the first part in orbit technically becomes a pre-existing part and is no longer new. If it can only be built in 1 launch then can someone give me a few example screenshots to look at as i'm drawing a blank on how it could be done

did you build a new satellite? or did you just change the orbit of an existing satellite? the satellite contracts require that a BRAND NEW satellite be built and launched to the required Orbit. Also, the OP does not show your Ascending and Descending nodes, take a screenshot from your map view with the orbit and contracts showing so that people can look at the problem in a manner that they're accustomed to

I've found launching to the required Pe altitude and circularizing there, allows me to see how far deviated I am from where I need to be, I will correct the inclination etc there, and then work out where I need to be burning in order to raise the Ap to the required altitude works well enough for me.

that's a lot of scrolling :/

are you orbiting in the right direction?

try sticking a .craft file that you get the issue with up for download somewhere so that people that can't reproduce the issue can see if they can with a similar ship? Just a suggestion.