Relay network

[MissMolly]

ok so my question is how do i make my relaynet work the best way i.e. how many dishes do i really need on each relay-sat?? how many relay sats do i really need i do have a command station in geo orbit around kerbin and it has about 12 dishes and room for more if needed, each would pointed to a sat or planet. now if this is over kill please let me know.

at this time I'm not going to be running any .dll i just want to build and put them up in to orbit.

Edited July 13, 2013 by MissMolly

[astropapi1]

Are you usung Remotetech? This should be in addon support.

[MissMolly]

Are you usung Remotetech? This should be in addon support.

im not asking about an addon im asking how many sat dishes should i have on a sat thats in a orbit

[phatm0n]

Well if you're not using an add-on, then whatever you feel is appropriate is what's correct. Since there's nothing there actually using it, it's just for show. I personally just have a dish in orbit around Kerbin and a dish in orbit around the planet they're landing on and that's all I worry about. It's all a matter of preference and how hard you want to work.

[astropapi1]

Satellite parts do nothing as of 0.20. You don't even need to have satellites.

[esinohio]

Well even though you are not using the Remotetech mod the wiki page describing the mod is full of great information on setting up satellite networks. While maybe not directly answering your question the wiki even has some pictures of basic satellites and a great picture of how you would go about positioning those basic communication satellites around Kerbin to setup a bare bones relay network. Remotetech assumes the dish style antenna are long range directional antenna, meaning point to point. The other antenna are much shorter range and are omnidirectional meaning they don't have to be pointed at anything to function. If you mimic Remotetech using stock parts you could just keep those two assumptions in mind and build your own satellite network that functions like the real ones.

Remotetech Wiki (located within the Kerbal Space Program Wiki) : http://wiki.kerbalspaceprogram.com/wiki/Tutorial:RemoteTech#Basic_Relay_Sat_config

Another great source for some satellite positioning would be here :

http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/showthread.php/24646-0-20-Figaro-Global-Navigation-Satellite-System-Launch-a-Working-Kerbal-GPS-System

Again, even though you are not wanting to use mods this mod has great information for positioning your satellites. The YouTube video in that forum post has some great shots of satellite networks above Kerbin as well. Every time I see those perfect orbits setup just right I drool! It looks spectacular.

Edited July 13, 2013 by esinohio

[MissMolly]

ok thank you for the input guys