Satellite Contracts- Do Orbit Colors Denote Difficulty?

[Waxing_Kibbous]

I generally avoid Satellite contracts, but I had a polar Mun one that was pretty close to the ScanSat ideal placement so I went for it. I got it to the point where the guide orbit and my orbit were so close they were z-fighting, it still didn't complete. The previous Sat contract I did was really sloppy, and not too close at all and it passed. The hard one was red, the other wasn't (Blue maybe?). Is color a factor for the precision needed to complete?

[Snark]

No, I think the colors are just random so you can tell them apart.

By any chance were you orbiting in the wrong direction? Watch the little sparkles racing around the target orbit, you have to be going the same direction as them. It's a common mistake, the UI isn't super obvious. (Soany people get bitten by this that they're redoing the UI in 1.1 to make it more obvious which way you're supposed to go.)

Edited February 7, 2016 by Snark

[Waxing_Kibbous]

Ah crap I probably was going in the wrong direction- I've done this before with rescues before as well. Lets hope the new UI helps!

[Snark]

I've seen the screenshots they posted a while back-- really looks nice. Prettier, and much clearer.

[moogoob]

The new 1.1 orbit graphics seem to have a fading colour to them like in Universe Sandbox 2, so it should be easier to tell the direction of orbit.