mockingking Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 I\'m a science newb, and I don\'t know how to put things into a proper geostationary orbit over a specific location.Which interferes quite greatly with my plans to create a droppable cluster bomb to cleanse the KSC of debris.How does one into geostationary orbit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerranCmdr Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 Not too hard, just get toAltitude 2,868.4 km, velocity 1008.4 m/s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombiphylax Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 This says it\'s closer to 2868.78km. But still, right around there and you\'ll mimic GEO orbit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candre Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 The hard part is getting over a specific location. You\'ll probably need to rendezvous with an 'imaginary' craft in geostationary orbit above KSC. That\'s the only way I\'ve found so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Endeavour Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 The hard part is getting over a specific location. You\'ll probably need to rendezvous with an 'imaginary' craft in geostationary orbit above KSC. That\'s the only way I\'ve found so far.Just go a little bit high or low at the apoapsis/periapsis, and warp until its over the KSC. Then make it circular Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mockingking Posted June 4, 2012 Author Share Posted June 4, 2012 Not too hard, just get toAltitude 2,868.4 km, velocity 1008.4 m/s.This says it\'s closer to 2868.78km. But still, right around there and you\'ll mimic GEO orbit.How come we have two sets of numbers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 How come we have two sets of numbers?Use the second set, 2,868.78km, I have found it to be close to that during my own missions for keostationary orbit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquilaboy Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 How come we have two sets of numbers?There are two values for there are three factors to staying in geostationary orbit. Your velocity, Your height, and the rate at which the planet rotates.To stay in perfect geosynchronous orbit, one must use the values of velocity and hieght.however, for basic orbit, one only needs to compensate for one\'s velocity and one\'s velocity in relation to the planet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mockingking Posted June 6, 2012 Author Share Posted June 6, 2012 So I\'ve been using MechJeb, trying to put a ring of Kerbostationary Comsats around the planet. Somehow, with a lot of random Ascend Autopilot settings, I\'ve managed to get a few in a 180° semicircle above the KSC.But how the heck do you get Kerbostationary Sattelites in orbit on the OTHER side of Kerbin?My physics are weak, I know :-[ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 So I\'ve been using MechJeb, trying to put a ring of Kerbostationary Comsats around the planet. Somehow, with a lot of random Ascend Autopilot settings, I\'ve managed to get a few in a 180° semicircle above the KSC.But how the heck do you get Kerbostationary Sattelites in orbit on the OTHER side of Kerbin?My physics are weak, I know :-[Well, what you want to do is either launch your comsats at specific times so that you can launch and go straight to your desired altitude or you launch to ~150km and warp until you are roughly 90 degrees from where you want the comsat to be. Then change the Apogee to 2868.8km and warp to there, once there circularise your orbit, you should now be in your desired location. I used this method to get my Comsats in Keostationary orbit, it has worked very well. The first method is more accurate, once you have done the necessary calculations to predict where you will be, it is far more time consuming and the reliability is somewhat uneven.Hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awaras Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 after you get to geostationary orbit, you can lower your periapsis/raise apoapsis slightly and then circularise again after a full orbit... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mockingking Posted June 6, 2012 Author Share Posted June 6, 2012 Thank you, gnetlemen.The Sattelite network is now in place 8) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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