How can I change the direction of the orbit?

[ElectricPotato]

Hey there fellow kerbalnauts!

I recently got a satellite in the orbit of the earth and now I want multiple ones! But they always go into the horizontal orbit. How can I get it into the Vertical one?

[TNTGODZZ]

pretty simple! instead of going towards the east as you take off, fly north!

[ElectricPotato]

But that doesn\'t seem to work.. It just always keeps to head towards east for some reason..

[UmbralRaptor]

In that case, could you post pics of what happens when you trying going into orbit north/south? There may be a bit of inclination that still needs to be dealt with, but it should be minor.

[Scurge]

It might be possible to burn perpendicular to your velocity vector, that changes the orbital plane orientation, and just flip it over. (Anyone want to conform/deny this?) Just remember that your current position is the axis of rotation of your orbital plane. I would imagine that as long as you keep your orientation perpendicular to the velocity vector you could flip it around. You would burn a lot of fuel in the process though.

[UmbralRaptor]

It\'s doable -- you want to burn on the +/- normal vector. Assuming a circular orbit, this will be along the horizon halfway between the pro/retrograde markers. It\'s the sort of thing that\'s highly annoying with current instrumentation, and an argument for mechjeb or the like.

[simplemunrockets]

If you look at how mechjeb flies the ascent you can see that it actually has to cancel out the planets rotation.