Launching Several Remote Tech Sats with one launcher?

[Trenchfoot]

I'm trying to launch all three of my kerbin geostationary orbital com sats in one launch. I've seen someone on you tube do it with an elliptical orbit where they decouple one at a time each time the launcher gets to its apoapse. 2868.75 km. Has anyone else done this? Any helpful tips?

Also this is my Payload(s) I know the launcher is OP but hey it's sandbox... Do I need more antenna on each one to be scalable for the future?

[Mecripp]

It would be best IMO if you had a probe core and antenna on your launcher is how, I use to do it and a DP- 10 think it was.

[guitarxe]

Hey, have a look at the same question I had a few versions ago,

http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/88184-Equally-space-4-satellites-in-KEO

I was launching 4 at a time, so for 3 you'll just have to space them 2 hours apart instead of 1.5 hours.

Biggest tip I can give you otherwise is to enable antennas on your satellites soon as delivery vehicle is in orbit. You could forget otherwise and have a lot of headache having to revert and do the whole darn thing all over again.

Edited May 13, 2015 by guitarxe

[Trenchfoot]

I have a communotron 32 on the probe. You can barely see the probe core with the three docking ports on it... If I need another, I plan on using one from a satellite itself until I undock it. I was wondering if I should build gargantuan ones with the huge dishes or wait.

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Hey, have a look at the same question I had a few versions ago,

http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/88184-Equally-space-4-satellites-in-KEO

I was launching 4 at a time, so for 3 you'll just have to space them 2 hours apart instead of 1.5 hours.

Biggest tip I can give you otherwise is to enable antennas on your satellites soon as delivery vehicle is in orbit. You could forget otherwise and have a lot of headache having to revert and do the whole darn thing all over again.

That's just what I was looking for. Thank you. That brings up another question though. Where/How do I find the orbit's elapsed time?

[guitarxe]

I was using Kerbal Engineer Redux (KER) mod at the time. It gives you that info. Mechjeb also has that info.

P.S Up to you what you want to do with the antennas. My goal was to have communication with anything between Kerbin and Minmus, and then to build satellites with bigger dishes in the orbit of the Mun/Minmus.

Edited May 13, 2015 by guitarxe

[Alshain]

This video was incredibly helpful to me. Though I think the satellites are a little over-built. (I think your satellites are a bit overbuilt too FWIW)

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[wasml]

I've found that if I use ion engines I can set the thrust to 5% after I'm close to the final orbit and I can get the orbital period spread for all the satellites to within 100 milliseconds - out at 400Km orbit formation is good for a very long time.

[mudkest]

http://www.ksp.interrutt.com/ apart from the initial 2-3 comsats I always launch several sats with 1 launcher, much easier to get them in nicely spaced orbits

[jwenting]

Here's the business end of the launcher I use for my network in the Kerbin system (8 sats around Kerbin, 4 each around the Mun and Minmus).

Might have fuel for a one way trip to Duna, never tried.

4 KR-7s and 2 C32s per satellite, with 6 6x1 solar panels feeding a battery of batteries to give them power.

Mechjeb as probe cores for the satellites. Saves space and weight

Needs a fairing of course to launch.