Making Artificial Satellites

[yete1]

Hello again fellow forum readers,

I took inspiration from my AFJROTC class today about GOES (Geostationary Operational Enviromental Satellites) and I wanted to build myself a Geostationary orbiter around Kerbin and the Mun. I was wonder if you guys and gals with your great math/ flying skills could tell me how high my altitude should be and how fast my horizontal speed should be to acomplish these tasks.

[Nibb31]

Geostationary orbit around Kerbin is 2868.4 km. Orbital velocity is a function of orbital altitude. If you get a circular orbit at the correct altitude, you will be at the correct speed.

[EndlessWaves]

The wiki (link at top of page) contains geostationary orbit details for most bodies.

[Punk]

Your surface speed will be as close to zero as possible.

[Will_hynes]

Your surface speed will be as close to zero as possible.

Very false. If your surface speed was 0, you would have to be on the ground. A geostationary orbit is an illusion, you're still moving, just at the same rate of the planets rotation.

[Khiro]

Very false. If your surface speed was 0, you would have to be on the ground. A geostationary orbit is an illusion, you're still moving, just at the same rate of the planets rotation.

Surface speed vs orbital speed? If you are in geostationary orbit, your speed relative to the surface would be as close to 0 as possible.

In fact, your orbital speed wouldn't be 0 if you were on the ground; it would be whatever speed the planet you're on is rotating.