Geostationary orbit above a specific point in a stock game using autopilot such as mechjeb.

[CollectingSP]

The title says it all. I’m stuck on this, and can’t find any really good explanations on the internet.

Is there a way I can achieve Geostationary/keostationary orbit above a specific point in a stock game using an autopilot system such as mechjeb?

Edited November 29, 2023 by CollectingSP

[Superfluous J]

Perfectly? Not really. You can get close, but even if the orbit says it's exactly 6 hours it'll always be off by a bit.

But if you're okay with that, then yes you can do it:

1. Put your satellite into an orbit that has an Ap at geostationary, and a Pe somewhere under geostationary.
2. At Ap, look at the planet and figure out where the point you want to orbit over is.
3. If it's right under you, great! Raise your Pe with a prograde burn and you're done!
4. If it's not, note where it is and guesstimate how long it will take to get under this Ap. Kerbin rotates in 6 hours so it's pretty easy to get within 15 minutes or so just eyeballing it.
5. Do a burn to change your current orbit's time to that time (or to 1/2 that time, or 1/3 or 1/4 etc).
6. Orbit once (or 2 times, 3 times etc if you had to set your orbit to 1/2 that time or 1/3 or whatever).
7. Burn into geostationary and be close enough to where you need to be for a video game.