Eve rendevous

[SadisticPorctologist111]

I am using a chemical interplanetary ship with captain Jeb to try to get to eve, I am on the same orbit as it but on the other side of the sun:huh:. How am i going to get there?

[tomf]

You are going to have to lower or raise your orbit to create a phasing orbit then raise it again when you/eve have caught up. Normally you should wait in kerbin orbit until eve is at the right phase angle.

[Tw1]

Looks like you missed it. Like tomf says, it's best to wait (warp) until the planets are in the right alignment before you launch. This can be calculated by hand, with mods, or with online calculators.

The only way to get Jeb to Eve now, is to move that ship to a different orbit, and test to see if you can get an encounter using a maneuver node. If you're in the same orbit now, it should be simple to make a node that goes from your new orbit to meet Eve's at the periapsis or apoapsis.

Set Eve as your target, and drag the node around to see if you get a close approach. If you don't, you'll have to do another orbit (or let Eve do another orbit), then try again.

Naturally, only will work if your ship has the fuel to move to a lower or higher orbit, and then perform the transfer. And then, enough to get into an aerocapture trajectory at Eve.

Good luck! Hope Jeb likes it at Eve, once something's on Eve, it tends to stay.

Also, welcome to the forums!