Is it possible to make a spacecraft to always face the planet its orbiting?

[TheSpacePlaneArchitect]

Hello! I always had a problem with stations, as i wanted to make an orbital artillery platform for fun, but i wanted to make it face the planet, because if its not, it will be bad for my movie. Is there anyone who knows how to do that? With best regards, TheSpacePlaneArchitect

[softweir]

Yes - turn on SAS and choose the "Radial In" option to left of the NavBall. (Hover over them to identify it.) Of course, you need to have a command pod of some sort placed appropriately.

Also, Hello and Welcome to the forums!

[Gaarst]

When you are out of timewarp and controlling the ship, you can set SAS to radial-in which will keep it pointed towards the planet.

However, remember that keeping your ship pointed towards the planet means making it rotate as the same rate it is orbiting the planet (like the Moon does), as timewarp and switching to another craft stop all rotations to make calculations less intensive, your ship will keep pointed towards the same spot on the celestial sphere and it will change its orientation relative to the planet when you timewarp or switch vessels.

If you are willing to use mods, MandatoryRCS will keep your ship's orientation relative to the planet even in timewarp.

 

Edited March 4, 2018 by Gaarst

[Draalo]

It will still point radial in if you use phsical timewarp

Press ALT and the key for timewarp

(german keyboard: Alt+".")

There is also a Mod called persistant rotation.

Edited March 4, 2018 by Draalo

[TheSpacePlaneArchitect]

Thank you, everyone!

Edited March 4, 2018 by TheSpacePlaneArchitect
The site got frozen and i thought i had only one answer.