Down-Range position

[Sidoz11]

On a launch to the Mun, I was starting my gravity turn and looked back at the KSC and wondered if there was anyway of finding/working out my Down-Range position.

If any of you know how or have any ideas I would like to hear them, I can't see it becoming helpful but could be great for roleplaying.

The only way I can think of doing it is placing a flag at the KSC, but wouldn't that become redundant after 20km?

Anyway, I look forward to hearing any solution to my problem.

[Jenteb07]

Don't the launch clamps give a distance reading?

[Sidoz11]

I didn't see any reading as I looked towards the KSC, maybe they de-spawned after 20km? I wonder if there's a calculation for this

[M4ck]

Which distance do you mean exactly? Vertical from surface, vertical from sea level? Distance from KSC in a straight line? Total distance covered in some stationary coord system?

[cantab]

If you hover the cursor over the flag and/or set it as target you can get the distance reading from further out. It'll be the straight-line distance though, not the distance over the ground covered, so you'll have to do some conversion.

Alternatively, a mod like VOID or KER will give you a readout of your longitude. For a typical due-east launch (and a due-west one) converting that to downrange distance would be simple.