Satellite with no communication

[SpaceJaM]

Hello, I'm trying to drop a constellation of satellites around Kerbin, from an unmanned mothership.

The satellite has a RA-100 dish antenna, a couple of Commutron HG-5 (extended before decoupling) and a couple of Commutron 16-S, but it is always disconnected from the Commnet network, and I'm unable to control it.

The mothership has only a couple of Commutron 16-S but I can control it without any problem.

Am I missing something or is it a bug?

Thank you in advance for any suggestion.

[edit] I've already downloaded the 0.1.1.0 patch

 

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Edited March 16, 2023 by SpaceJaM

[NeoMorph]

Put a Commutron-16 on the problematic comms satellite. If it says NO COMMNET and the C16 is extended, retract it and extend it again. It resets the comms system and you then have full control over the comms satellite.

I had the exact same problem as you. I put up comms satellites and couldn’t control them. I also had boosters that had everything needed to behave like a recoverable booster (like SpaceX does with a boost back). As soon as I disconnected from the booster it was not controllable… showing NO COMMNET. But do the retract/extend of the commutron-16 and suddenly it shows FULL CONTROL again.

It’s definitely a glitch but should be easily fixable. Funny thing is is that it’s like systems support saying “So your comms antenna doesn’t work eh? Have you tried turning it off and on again?”. Typical Kerbal bug.

[Racescort666]

13 hours ago, NeoMorph said:

I had the exact same problem as you. I put up comms satellites and couldn’t control them. I also had boosters that had everything needed to behave like a recoverable booster (like SpaceX does with a boost back). As soon as I disconnected from the booster it was not controllable… showing NO COMMNET. But do the retract/extend of the commutron-16 and suddenly it shows FULL CONTROL again.

Can confirm, I had the same issue but unfortunately my "No CommNet" vessel was in Duna orbit. Cycling the deployable antenna would restore communication but as soon as I undocked the fixed antenna vessel, no comms.