flyby vs orbit contract

[aleis]

So i get that a "fly by" doesn't have to achieve orbit but can i complete a flyby contract if i make orbit?

Edited June 24, 2015 by aleis

[AlexinTokyo]

Yes, you can.

In fact, you will complete the 'fly by' conditions of a contract as soon as you enter the SoI of the target body, regardless of what you do next.

[aleis]

thanks

[Streetwind]

I've seen a youtuber who didn't get his contract fulfilled just by entering the SoI. At the time he was on a collision course with the Mun, and smacked his craft right into it.

On his second attempt, this time with a proper trajectory, he did get the contract completion as soon as he entered the SoI. It appears that you do at least have to have a proper flyby trajectory at the time of entering.

This might also explain why I have seen people report that they have successfully flow by an object without getting a contract completion. They might have had an invalid (colliding) trajectory upon entering the SoI, which they then manually corrected, but the trigger opportunity had already passed.

[carlorizzante]

Yes, you can.

In fact, you will complete the 'fly by' conditions of a contract as soon as you enter the SoI of the target body, regardless of what you do next.

The other day I had a tourist who needed to fly by Mun and Minmus. So I planned a trip where the ship entered orbit with the Mun, and later orbited Minmus. I was expecting orbiting both to be enough bacon for trigging the requirements for the contract.

But it didn't. Orbiting Mun did in fact fulfilled the fly-by the Mun part. But no matter how many orbits I let the ship do on Minmus, the fly-by Minmus part didn't check positively.

How's that?