1valdis Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 ...and no, there will not be some politics ;D And sorry for my, probably, not very good English.About:Amateur astronomer, especially satellite observer with 1,5-year experience. Like to observe tumbling satellites, geostationary satellite flares during equinoxes, LEO satellite flares (and calculate them, to enjoy them not only from Iridiums ;D), Yaogan triangle formations and NOSS couples. Translated Heavens-Above to Russian and Ukrainian languages; interested in translating Kerbal Wiki also ;DBecome Kerbonaut about 2 months ago. Because if I like to observe sats, why not learn some orbital mechanics in practice? ;DGaming in Science mode, with modified tech tree (as for me, Squad's one was illogical). Flied all the Kerbin in plane, now constructing a satellite network (SCANSat plugin is the first I've installed, lol) using modified Kerbal X (for heavy ones) and Mapsat launch kit (for light ones), with first space station, Skynet. Setted a lot of Separtrons in last stages for clear space ;D.The most exciting mission I had is one to correct the orbit of my first SAR satellite, Lacrosse 1. When putting it in orbit, during separation of the last stage the satellite was pushed in 750x850 km orbit instead of 750x750, and so became inoperable during half of every orbit. I was very lucky to set a docking port on it, "just in case!" ;D So that I managed to modify Kerbal X with RCS and dock myself with Lacrosse (I'm enjoyed the docking procedure at all, It's always very interesting!). After correcting the orbit and undocking, I saw that I have only about 1/5 of fuel of Kerbal X upper stage, and about 600 of RCS. And there is began the sweat! After using all RCS and remained fuel, I achieved a perikerbin of 35 km. But I absolutely didn't know how I will slow down from 2,5 km/s to some hundreds km/s without blowing up... And there I was again lucky to install 3.75 m heat shield, "just in case" again! And mission was successful...Well, there's no questions like "How do I build my first rocket", because I have already let my rockets don't fly backwards, but side forward ;D By reading the Wiki basics, tutorials and so on.For moderators: please delete my first post, in the neighboring theme... I tried to delete it, but can't find the magic button :/Happy landings, like mine ;D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Iron Crown Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Welcome aboard, 1valdis!I took care of the other post for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1valdis Posted July 29, 2015 Author Share Posted July 29, 2015 I took care of the other post for you. Well, now I know that there's kind moderators Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZentroCatson Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Welcome to the space program! That's an awesome hobby, I also was fascinated as I saw the ISS flying by . By the way, your english is pretty good for a beginner, might need some improvement, but we understand what you want to say . Feel free to dive right in and talk about Hohmann transfer orbits, wobbly rockets or your latest satellite launch. Good to see another Ukrainian in these forums, you're definitely not alone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1valdis Posted July 29, 2015 Author Share Posted July 29, 2015 (edited) Okay, now after launching of Science Lab into LKO, there's questions:1. How I will gain more science points from, say, Mun landing: by returning the data to Kerbin or by conversion of it in the Science Lab?2. Can different types of Docking Ports dock with each other? Edited July 29, 2015 by 1valdis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starhawk Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Welcome 1valdis.1. You can do both! Analyze the data in the lab and it's still in the original capsule to take home to Kerbin. That's the power of the science lab.2. No. It may be best to choose one type for your whole program so that everything can dock with everything else, depending on your needs.Happy landings! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1valdis Posted July 29, 2015 Author Share Posted July 29, 2015 2. No. It may be best to choose one type for your whole program so that everything can dock with everything else, depending on your needs.Hm.. If so, is there any difference between docking ports except size? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mythbusters844 Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Hm.. If so, is there any difference between docking ports except size?The larger ones are also stronger and more rigid, but have more mass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claw Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 Ha, I agree...satellite watching is pretty fun (if only I could afford an awesome telescope!)Welcome to the forums! Cheers,-Claw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1valdis Posted July 30, 2015 Author Share Posted July 30, 2015 satellite watching is pretty fun (if only I could afford an awesome telescope!)Oh! Opposite things. You don't need a telescope for satellites (just because they do moving, how do you will track them?), but you need a binoculars! With, surely, as much FOV and aperture, as possible.PS. I have both. And I watched through telescope on the sats only on the ISS. Everything else is too small to see some details. Also, binoculars quicker to set up (they just not need a set up, yep? ) and more comfortable to see through.BTW, there's many sats you can see with naked eye. Interesting sats. I get started with naked eye: ISS, Iridiums, rotating (thus flashing) sats, etc.Clear skies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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