[DEAL WITH IT] I just accidentally 0.0km INTERESCT

[Astronomer]

Yep, accidentally.

I was going for a direct ascent and as I adjusted my inclination and saw this.

Keep in mind that I am flying on a VERY light craft, so it might have had something to do with it:

Also, I find myself lucky in these things - makes me wonder how will the intersection look like if I don't burn anywhere xD

PS: My Ascending/Descending nodes are equal to "NuN"

Edited May 28, 2013 by Astronomer

[Piv]

Lucky, I only got a 0.5km intersect and that is the nearest I could get.

[Rage097]

I-uh... Bu-...

IT IS ON...

[Astronomer]

Update: As I made my orbit around the Mun, the intersect turned out to be only a few inches away from the orbiter. Talk about sniping. Boy, was that worth it. This time however, I will try to dock with it normally

(image of me perfectly docked 2001 style)

Edited May 28, 2013 by Astronomer

[Cesrate]

Do you know some lucky players have 0.005 km intersect with unwanted ships and without deceleration?:D

[Brofessional]

It's rare that you did it by accident, but it's not that hard to do on purpose, you just have to match you inclination and use RCS to tweak your intersect when it gets close.

[FlamedSteak]

Well technically speaking every dock is a 0.0 intersect.

To do it in one burn without trying though? Well that's just freaky.

[gamowin]

Yeah well.. well... um... NEGATIVE INTERCEPT!!!

[AustralianFries]

0.0km intersects aren't too difficult to achieve. Unless this was unintentional, in which case that would be very impressive.

[Astronomer]

0.0km intersects aren't too difficult to achieve. Unless this was unintentional, in which case that would be very impressive.

Persicely my thoughts! It seems to be much easier with lighter craft thus the higher your chance of getting it (wait whaaa).

I intended to dock with the orbiter, but I didn't expect to get it right away like THIS

[Qumefox]

The times i've gotten 0.0km intercepts has taught me to make sure I never get 0.0km intercepts.. Failure to decelerate in time leads to the loss of both craft generally.

[AustralianFries]

Persicely my thoughts! It seems to be much easier with lighter craft thus the higher your chance of getting it (wait whaaa).

I intended to dock with the orbiter, but I didn't expect to get it right away like THIS

Lighter ships can maneuver faster and can be controlled easier (in most cases). However, if you have the same amount of RCS thrusters on a small ship as a large ship, the larger ship will have slower changes because it's heavier. This means you can have more control over things like apoapsis and periapsis. (Which is why I tend to make the first piece of my station really big/have very few rcs thrusters. Because you can get way more accurate and precise orbits, it just takes a bit longer.)

[paleorob]

I remember back in 0.18 there was a challenge for a prograde-retrograde intercept/collision. Reading over this it seems like that challenge would be much easier now with maneuver nodes.

[Brofessional]

The times i've gotten 0.0km intercepts has taught me to make sure I never get 0.0km intercepts.. Failure to decelerate in time leads to the loss of both craft generally.

Yea I typically stop at about 50 meters to be safe, depending on the size of the ship. One time I did a really aggressive intercept burn, misjudged my deceleration timing, and plowed through the target's solar panels.

[Tommygun]

Do you know some lucky players have 0.005 km intersect with unwanted ships and without deceleration?:D

Yes I do and I created a Saturn like ring of debris around Kerbin too.

[magnemoe]

The intercept point is where you and the target orbit intercept, not necessarily the closest point, also the burn to match orbits might change this. Once I passed an space station within meters and ended up on the other side during the 30m/s adjustment burn. I want to do the burn exactly at the intercept to get the orbit similar.

Final approach is much safer as you have visual and speed is lower.

[karolus10]

I was doing 0.0 interceptions before, but never by accident '.