Lowest Munar Orbit

[ltpeanuts]

Rules:

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[li]No MechJeb or other autopilots[/li]

[li]Must be a stable orbit (able to do 3 orbits without crashing)[/li]

[li]List Periapsis and Apoapsis of your orbit.[/li]

[li]Mod parts are ok[/li]

Leaderboards:

Periapsis:

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Apoapsis:

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Average:

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[Panic]

You can get a negative periapsis by using abusing time dilation, is this allowed?

[Key of door]

Here\'s a tip

Some of the highest mountains (13.3) are 400 meters high, I\'m not sure about the new terrain now.

[SasquatchM]

over in the munar mapping thread we have messed with this.. the lowest safe orbit is about 3.2km and even with that you\'ll be REALLY close at the poles.

[Key of door]

over in the munar mapping thread we have messed with this.. the lowest safe orbit is about 3.2km and even with that you\'ll be REALLY close at the poles.

3.2 Km? 3200 Meters ?

This video says not!

[naloxone]

Here\'s a tip

Some of the highest mountains (13.3) are 400 meters high, I\'m not sure about the new terrain now.

in 14.4, i\'ve impacted terra luna with over 2000m indicated

[SasquatchM]

The highest peaks are now at about 3200m, mostly near the poles. Take a look at some of the maps here: http://kerbalspaceprogram.com/forum/index.php?topic=10324.0

[trbinsc]

3.2 Km? 3200 Meters ?

This video says not!

That was the old terrain, it was much lower and less varied than the new terrain.

[Metalfusion]

People seem to have forgotten about this challenge.

Very well, I\'ll begin with these first tries:

Mun:

AP: 2827 m

PE: 2729 m

Minmus:

AP: 5629 m

PE: 5232 m

It takes some time to fix the orbits because you can\'t warp very fast at low altitudes.

[combat squirrel]

love this idea

Currently at a 5km orbit and lowering now......

Going to place my satellite in the lowest possible munar orbit and see how loowwww i can go, satellite 1st no need to sacrifice my kerbs needlessly

EDIT: Deploying satellite at 3.6km.

[combat squirrel]

Ok Satellite deployed at 3.6km, going for a 3.2km high orbit now

and chase cam satellite in for ground my ship in the distance:

[combat squirrel]

Got a 2.7km orbit going on....seee if i make it all the way,lol

EDIT: Going to drop the fuel tank at 2.7, move to a higher alt and advance time faster and see if it stays there.

NOPE smashed into a hill , glad did that though, my module is ok, gonna increase in height then make a landing I reckon.

[Ted]

I have a 4km orbit going on at the moment, it\'s around the equator, which isn\'t too hilly. I used MechJeb though.. :-[