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Hey, I\'m interested in making a space station in orbit of Kerbin, and my thoughts were to make it modular, so I would need to send up an original piece, then send up sections which could dock via lander legs to the previous section. The only problem is, I don\'t know how to rendezvous. I know you need to go higher than the target to get it to catch up with you, and vice-versa, and I also know you need to match the targets inclination, but other than that, I\'m clueless. Can someone give me a step-by-step guide as to how to do this?

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http://kerbalspaceprogram.com/forum/index.php?topic=9726.0 - a table that will tell you when to do a transfer burn at where you have to be to rendezvous successfully; best for satellite rendezvous

http://kerbalspaceprogram.com/forum/index.php?topic=7138.0 - a step by step guide for any rendezvous - best for bigger orbits like planetary or minmus rendezvous

http://kerbalspaceprogram.com/forum/index.php?topic=8021.0 - I believe this auto - pilot plugin (mechjeb) can do a rendezvous

Or you can do the MacGyver way - set your satellite in a slighty smaller orbit than the other satellites orbit, time warp till they get close (like you can see it close) then point your satellite at it and RCS towards it

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Note that the docking will only really last as long as you\'re still playing the ships in the current version; When you switch to something that isn\'t in the same 2.5 km physics sphere, or if you warp faster than 2x, they\'ll pass through one another and disengage.

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