Fun with Orbits - Ep.6: Building a Cosmic Clock

[ikehaiku]

Episode 6 : A Cosmic Clock

I'm changing this thread to my "Fun With Orbits" series.

Find the playlist here:

Episode 1 is about Molniya Constellation

The original thread was about what is now Ep.4 - GPS - GALILEO - GLONASS constellations

Episode 5 : Fibonacci sequence...in space!

Episode 6 : A Cosmic Clock

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Took a bit of time, 'cause ,you know, there's 75 satellites now up there making sure no Kerbals will ever lost his way again!

I'll probably make a "behind the scene" / how-to video with all the maths, the parameters and everything, but I have a metric ton of footage to edit...

In the meantime, feel free to ask if you want any info.

Anyway...hope you enjoyed it!

Edited August 18, 2013 by ikehaiku

[Drunkrobot]

Two posts, and already you have contributed something more awesome to the forums than I have spawned in my entire time as a KSP player.

If you managed to set that up in vanilla KSP (especially GALILEO), then I want a behind the scenes video more than a fat kid wants cake.

[ikehaiku]

Thanks man.

Well, I'm using Mechjeb, but I think you can fly by hand. The hard part is the timing I guess if you don't have Mechjeb to display the Universal time. And it's tedious, so you'll have to be very patient!

Otherwise, it's all stock parts (as of 0.21) - but that also means that the sats are of no real practical use ;-) . Let's say we're doing it for the art!

BTW - I only registered on the forum recently, but I'm playing ksp for a few months now. And far too many hours, I'm afraid.

[ikehaiku]

There's the GPS-HowTo:

Hope it's usefull to someone!

[ikehaiku]

And....I'm back, with Episode 5

This time with something really fancy, yet very simple: A Fibonacci sequence constellation.

Here's the animated video:

I really dig how it screws up the perspective - all the orbits have a 0° inclination, yet it seems to be a 3D spiraling thingy.

I'm always looking for some ideas for some Fun With Orbits, so feel free to add your comments!

Edited August 14, 2013 by ikehaiku

[ikehaiku]

And now, for something completely ...well, not so different.

In episode 6 of Fun With Orbits, I've decided to build...a clock!

A Cosmic Clock.

It is working, you can use for, well, anything that you would use a clock for.

Except, it is not that accurate

Enjoy