RO/RSS Space Shuttle Landings

[vinterskugge]

Hello, so I wanted to ask if anyone has any tips for how to land the Space Shuttle in Real Solar System. Now, in stock KSP I'm quite competent with the Shuttles as I have done many missions and it's not that big of a deal, but I really can't land at the space center in RSS. I am trying to land from a 5 degree inclination orbit at Kourou, which is kinda similar to landing at the KSC from an equatorial orbit in stock. If I use the mechJeb landing guide and before re-entry I get an expected landing at say 63 degrees long W (the center is at 52 degrees W, so I take a marge of error for the expected landing of 10-11 degrees) I am still overshooting by at least 3 or 4 degrees longitude, and I don't have enough DeltaV for a longer burn before re-entry. Do you guys know what could I do to get a hold on how am I supposed to de-orbit in order to land where I'm supposed to, or at least some mod that is competent enough to calculate a trajectory through Earth's atmosphere?

Edited March 2, 2021 by vinterskugge

[lemon cup]

I am not able to provide much advice since my experience with RSS is very limited, but I could point in in the direction of Raiz Space (links to Youtube channel).

Tyler has been exploring the concept of using DECQ’s Space Shuttle mod in KSP 1.8.1(RO) for the past couple years, he has tons of great  content going into lots of detail, perhaps you could search his channel and find something of use.

In particular, he has published some KOS scripts on deorbiting and landing the shuttle - maybe that is something you’d be interested at looking into.

Edited March 2, 2021 by lemon cup