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Determining time to launch to an inclined target's plane in orbit


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I'd like to understand how to determine how to time a launch to launch directly into an inclined target body's (moon/spacecraft) plane without eyeballing it. I understand that it should be at that objects AN/DN with the launch spacecraft, but how can that be seen or determined in MechJeb, KER or stock KSP?

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19 hours ago, dlrk said:

I'd like to understand how to determine how to time a launch to launch directly into an inclined target body's (moon/spacecraft) plane without eyeballing it. I understand that it should be at that objects AN/DN with the launch spacecraft, but how can that be seen or determined in MechJeb, KER or stock KSP?

i am not aware of any exact method in stock. maybe mechjeb has a way.

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3 hours ago, king of nowhere said:

determined in MechJeb, KER or stock KSP?

You didn't mention KAC (Kerbal Alarm Clock) but that is an essential mod.  (I have verified it will give you the launch time for a vehicle sitting on the launch pad.)

If you can determine that the stock alarm clock has the same functionality, all that much better for you.

Spoiler

I don't just *heart* KAC...

...I can't *live* without KAC.

 

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