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Mod other than MechJeb to show phase angle to target


Garek

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I currently have MechJeb, but the only features I actually use are some of the Information readouts and the Maneuver Node Editor. So I would like to replace MechJeb with PreciseNode and some combination of info mods like KER and VOID. One of the info I regularly use from MechJeb is the phase angle to target, to launch directly to docking. The question is, does any of the info mods show the phase angle to target, or else is there an easy way to time my launches with the info they show?

I don't think I need it to be really precise, but I'm bad at estimating stuff from map view.

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Protractor will give you an angle that decreases to zero when the worlds are near the appropriate configuration for a Hohmann transfer. It will also give you closest-approach information that's more accurate than the in-game version, and let you know the orbital inclination of your arrival trajectory.

Kerbal Alarm Clock allows you to set a host of different ridiculously-useful, save-spanning alarms that make it one of the mods I would consider absolutely essential, doubly so if you ever decide that having more than one mission running in a single save at one time. One of its options is setting alarms for Transfer Windows.

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thanks maltesh, I know about those (and already use KAC), my problem is not the phase angle between bodies, but that between the current vessel and a target vessel. I use this for launching stuff directly to my space station. So for each different ascent profile, I would first do a test launch into the target orbit. From the phase angle at launch, and the phase angle at orbit insertion I then calculate the phase angle where I should launch, and then if I launch at that phase angle, I can approach the station immediatly without needing a parking orbit or excessive amounts of delta-v. But since I'm bad at judging that from looking at the map view, I either need the phase angle, or a reasonably easy way to approximate the timing with other information displayed.

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