First Manned Satellite Deployed.

[Fraggle]

First Kerbaled Satellite into orbit!

Today sucked, but ended well.

Today I kicked Bob off Kerbal for a stint in the new Science Lab.

Orbit of 5k Ap and 1.5k Pa.

Hes going to be taking important readings about Gravity and Magnetism in preparation for an un-kerbaled orbit of the Mun.

This feels like a big step forward.

Interestingly I managed to get almost exactly the right amount of fuel for the launch. Total guess work. lol.

No explosions, no bits falling off. Very unlike my program so far.

Stage 1: Establish Orbit around Kerbal.

Stage 2: Pre for Ap burn @ 5k to establish target orbit (and admire the view).

Stage 3: Confirm orbit trajectory. Detach final stage rocket and apply some RCS thrust to stabilize orbit and escape debris.

(also turn the lights on in the Lab and make a cuppa tea)

Bob is not looking too thrilled with his new home.

I dont think anyone told him it was going to be an extended stay.

[Randazzo]

Poor Bob! Congrats on your station though.

That's a gorgeous skybox you got there. Nice clouds too. Pity I use all my ram on parts.

[maceemiller]

Nice work my friend! I remember my first orbit - the smile stayed on my face for hours

[Fraggle]

My rig is built for Prepar3d (flight sim) so its got 16 Gig of physical ram, and another 16Gig in a swapdisk on a SSD.

Also running the x64 hack so KSP and memory is not an issue for me.

Experience and general knowledge of the game is. lol

[amorymeltzer]

That's a gorgeous skybox you got there. Nice butts too. Pity I use all my ram on parts.

Ditto. I always forget how beautiful the game actually looks...

And congrats Fraggle, well done! Onward to the Mun!! (or Minmus)

[Randazzo]

Ditto. I always forget how beautiful the game actually looks...

And congrats Fraggle, well done! Onward to the Mun!! (or Minmus)

That's an interesting quote you've got there.

[cicatrix]

What visual mods do you have? I really like the sky.

[amorymeltzer]

That's an interesting quote you've got there.

Oops! Ya caught me. It's this: https://github.com/panicsteve/cloud-to-butt

I've got a lot of these things installed, I just sort of forget about it sometimes...