Contract to test the LV1 ant in orbit

[Exarkunofpr]

So i have the contract to test the ant and i have to be in orbit at 80km. I can never seem to get the orbit part of the contract to light green. Its bad enough trying to use this dam thing as it is lol

[MechaLynx]

You need a complete orbit, with both peri and apoapsis above 75km, AFAIK. It can be confusing when the navball says "Orbit" but you're not actually in one, as per the mission's definition.

[Superfluous J]

You must actually be in a stable orbit, though 75km is a little higher than needed. I never remember the exact number but it's 69,xxx meters. I just make sure my periapsis is over 70km.

[Exarkunofpr]

thanks for the help. Now i just need to get it up there correctly

[Reactordrone]

I think in the current version atmosphere ends at exactly 70km.

[FancyMouse]

I had an issue with old version of DMagic Orbit Science where I was still sub-orbital it ticks altitude but waiting for orbit, but then when I circularize suddenly orbit is ticked but altitude becomes waiting - I'm just circularizing my orbit...

Disabling that mod solved that problem. The current version of that mod doesn't have the problem, either.

[cybersol]

I think in the current version atmosphere ends at exactly 70km.

I also fairly certain the atmo-to-orbit transition happens at exactly 70 km now.

[Ival70]

The boundary used to be at 69,078m, but it has been changed to 70,000m, as others have stated here. As for the contract, it could be as MechaLynx and 5thHorseman said, you need to be in a stable orbit with a periapsis high enough. Also sometimes the wording on these contracts can be deceiving, make sure that your doing everything the contract says. If it's a matter of trying to fine tune your orbit, you can right click on the engine and reduce it's thrust limiter to make more precise correction burns.

[MechaLynx]

Indeed the lowest possible stable orbit is at 70km, I probably wrote 75km because my mind averaged the 80km of the contract with 70km

[Radam]

Anyone got the "achieved orbit" milestone?