Seeing inclination of an orbit

[astroboy820]

I got a trial run of my MapSat rocket into the orbit. How can I figure out how many degrees my orbit is off from true polar orbit?

[DChurchill]

Not sure without MechJeb or Kerbal Engineer.

[blackfire83]

As DChurchill says, I think you'll need a mod to know for sure. However, I think (I could very well be mistaken) that you want an 85* orbit to correct for the rotation of the planet.

Unless you are completely against mods (for whatever reason) I highly recommend Kerbal Engineer. There's so much useful information in it, that I feel should really be present in the game. In my opinion, it's not even remotely cheating.

[blizzy78]

In the case of Kerbin, select Mun as your target. Since it has a relative inclination of zero to Kerbin, it's equator is coplanar with Kerbin's, too.

[DChurchill]

Yeah I guess that would work. Duh.