My first geo-stationary satellite and my views on how a Campaign mode might look

[CmdrRimmer]

Love Kerbals.....been in/out of this game since before it went on steam, but only lately have I been seriously learning how to play it "properly".

The game is so much better now than when I remember downloading it from their website.

The burn "planner" in orbit view is AWESOME !

One question though....is there a magic spot i need to hit in my geo-stationary orbit where the spaceship will show in a status other than orbiting ? or will it always say that and I just need to be at the right altitude ? Any tips on how to make sure I'm absolutely stationary in relation to the ground ? other than checking my altitude ?

I've been having fun learning how to establish orbits.......I finally got my first geostationary comm-sat in place (using RemoteTech mod). Love the "progression" that forces on you. Which leads me to think how a campaign mode could do work in vanilla Kerbal.

e.g.

You dont get to unlock manned pods until after doing various tasks with unmanned probes.

You dont get to unlock the larger fuel tank until you've flown X missions and done X things with the smaller fuel tank etc etc etc.

Like RemoteTech you can't control things (unless manned) if you dont have a comm sat network established.

CmdrRimmer

[Ralathon]

It will keep showing "orbiting" unless you do something radical with it (burn to escape or crash). A geostationary orbit is still an orbit after all.

You can check if you're absolutely stationary by clicking on the digital display right above the nav ball that shows your velocity. After clicking it you should see "Surface: x m/s". This is your velocity in relation to the surface. If you're in a geostationary orbit it should show 0 or something very close to 0.

You can also dive into the modding community. The addon Kerbal Engineer Redux adds a handy readout that shows your orbital parameters, including the period. If the period is 6 hours and the eccentricity is close to 0 (How close it approximates a circle, 0=circle) you are in a geostationary orbit.