what is the highest point on minmus

[GalaxyGryphon]

i need to get into the lowest possible safe orbit around minmus real quick.

[Wild Card]

There\'s always the Kerbal way to find out....

[Vanamonde]

I drove around there a lot in .15.2, and the highest point I found was 5680m, though I can\'t guarantee that there\'s nothing higher. I had an orbiter going round at 6500m for game-weeks without hitting anything, though. If it was me, I\'d go for 6000m.

[maltesh]

I used the ISA-RAM mapper data to find the general location of what\'s most likely the high point, and flew in a rover to check it out. Highest I was able to locate was 5724m.

However, that\'s deep in the high-latitude South. I\'ve pulled off near-equatorial orbits at 5.3 km periapsis altitude, which got within 700m of the surface at times, according to MechJeb.

[Pds314]

5724.6001 is precisely the highest altitude, but that is only a single area of the south-east (Lat:-62, Lon:74).

Regardless, you can definitely count a 5750 meter orbit as safe, so long as the space Kraken's orbit-deteriorating effects don't do much to lower it. (had that happen on the Mun in .20, I was trying to get a really low orbit for a challenge, it was in the high 3000s for apoapsis and periapsis, but it started at 5000 each. Eventually, my periapsis got down to under 2000 and I crashed into a crater wall. before that though, I went within 25, or even 15, meters several times on different terrain objects, which for a ship of that size, is basically enough that rotation makes the difference between exploding and orbitting) Also, time-accelerate once you can, because that will prevent the Kraken from causing your orbit to change (deteriorate, it is almost always in the lowering your energy direction for some reason).

[loknar]

Use this: http://www.kerbalmaps.com/charts/elevation_inclination/

and select Minimus. You can see the minimum altitude you can reach depending on inclication. If you're in a 0º orbit you can get down to 5,200m, apparently. I hope this is accurate.

PS: I'm getting an error of "timeout" when using chrome for this site, I used safari/firefox with no issues.

[RocketPilot573]

Sooooooo, did anyone bother to look at the post dates?

[loknar]

Sooooooo, did anyone bother to look at the post dates?

LOL zombie thread alert.. I saw it had only 3 posts and was on top of the KSP discussion board. Thought it was new.

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