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I had a very deep space one, and it was more forgiving than I expected.  Actually a bit of a disappointment, since I tried so hard to get it visibly perfect when planning the maneuvres, and the contract completed long before it really matched. 

However, I'd be surprised if your orbit as pictured works. You should be able to get a lot closer with an anti-normal burn right now, without spending too much fuel and without it taking any noticably longer time to get to the final orbit-matching node.

In fact, if you accept a slight loss due to overshooting Ap, adding a touch of prograde to the anti-normal burn now will get you to an intersect much faster, for a very reasonable cost.

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