Satellite Contracts

[EmanonP]

Just curious.    I've done a fly by of the Mun, upgraded most of my facilities at least one level, have the Probodobodyne, etc,   but have yet to see a single "place a satellite" contract.

I see there are a few mods to add those, but last time I played KSP (about 8 months ago) you couldn't swing a dead Kerbal in the Mission room without hitting a satellite contract.

I've ferried people to orbit, the Mun etc.   Also rescued a few Kerb's from orbit.    Just wondering if they did away with them, or do they just come later in the tech tree?

 

[GoSlash27]

14 minutes ago, EmanonP said:

Just curious.    I've done a fly by of the Mun, upgraded most of my facilities at least one level, have the Probodobodyne, etc,   but have yet to see a single "place a satellite" contract.

I see there are a few mods to add those, but last time I played KSP (about 8 months ago) you couldn't swing a dead Kerbal in the Mission room without hitting a satellite contract.

I've ferried people to orbit, the Mun etc.   Also rescued a few Kerb's from orbit.    Just wondering if they did away with them, or do they just come later in the tech tree?

 

EmanonP,

 I'm on day 2 of my "caveman" career, and I've got offers for satellite contracts. All basic facilities and I haven't done a Munar flyby yet. Perhaps it's related to which nodes you have unlocked? IIRC, you need to have the 48-7S before they are offered...

Here's my tech tree:

 

 Best,
-Slashy

Edited October 30, 2016 by GoSlash27

[WanderingKid]

Satellite contracts open up when you get the first solar panels.  Until then you can't power them so they don't complete.  They USED to open up when you got the first probe core, but you couldn't actually do them yet because you didn't have solar panels (they're one node further up). The reason everyone used to see them constantly was because of the race to the Materials Bay for Science.  You now need the one with the Okto.

[bewing]

You also need a significant amount of reputation. At least 300 or 350.

[EmanonP]

Thanks for the quick answers.    Just need to do some research, and I should be all set.    

Was kind of weird that I'm getting missions to explore Duna, yet nothing about tossing a "beep beep" satellite into polar orbit.