Geostationary orbit

[Gemberkoekje]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geostationary_orbit

Is this at all possible in KSP? If so, at what height should you attain what speed?

[Bobbydylan]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geostationary_orbit

Is this at all possible in KSP? If so, at what height should you attain what speed?

It's Keostationary Orbit (KSO), and I think it's 280km

[edit] corrected from the Wiki:

. The Kerbisynchronous equatorial orbit is the circular orbit with an altitude of 2 868.75 km and a speed of 1 009.02 m/s

Edited December 9, 2013 by Bobbydylan

[Daddy Cecil]

No, not 280 km. its 2868.75km iirc

[Mmmmyum]

Geostationary orbit is at 2 868.75 km, according to the wiki: http://wiki.kerbalspaceprogram.com/wiki/Stationary_orbit.

So yes, it is very possible. Also if you have an orbit at that exact altitude there's no need to worry about velocity.

[Gemberkoekje]

Thanks, I wasn't aware it was on the wiki too

[Danish_Savage]

Remember though its Keostationary, not Geo.

The G means planet Earth, which is not the one you are orbiting, while K means Kerbin.

Therefore would a synchronous orbit around Duna be called a Deostationary, while around Eve it would be Eeostationary and so on...

[blizzy78]

Remember though its Keostationary, not Geo.

Remember, though, it's "it's", not "its".

(Not that any of this matters to OP and their question.)

[Taki117]

Be warned, unless you have tons of patience you're not going to get it exactly right.

[WafflesToo]

Be warned, unless you have tons of patience you're not going to get it exactly right.

It's not so much perfecting the altitude as the period. If your orbital period is six hours and your orbit is REASONABLY circular then you will say pretty much in the same spot in the Kerbin sky.

[RadHazard]

It's not so much perfecting the altitude as the period. If your orbital period is six hours and your orbit is REASONABLY circular then you will say pretty much in the same spot in the Kerbin sky.

This is how I did my satellite relay network for KSPI microwave-beamed power. I boosted up to a transfer orbit with an apoapsis of ~2869 km and circularized there. I then used RCS to tweak my orbital period to be almost exactly six hours using the orbital period readout from VOID.

[Tank Buddy]

Consider using the KSP wiki. It has information regarding anything you would like to know about any body in the Kerbol system. Look on Kerbin's page on the KSP wiki.

[WafflesToo]

This is how I did my satellite relay network for KSPI microwave-beamed power. I boosted up to a transfer orbit with an apoapsis of ~2869 km and circularized there. I then used RCS to tweak my orbital period to be almost exactly six hours using the orbital period readout from VOID.

Yup, pretty much how I did my communications satellites for my Remotech playthrough.