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This isn\'t really a support question.

It\'s hard to see what your orbits are from that angle, but your craft seems to be too close to the Apoapsis to lower it significantly. To lower the Apoapsis, you need to burn retrograde at the Periapsis. To raise your Periapsis, you need to burn prograde at the Apoapsis.

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Raising/lowering Apogee/Perigee

To lower Apogee: Burn against the flight direction at Perigee.

To raise Apogee: Burn towards the flight direction at Perigee.

To lower Perigee: Burn against the flight direction at Apogee.

To raise Perigee: Burn towards the flight direction at Apogee.

Moving Apogee/Perigee along flight path

To move Perigee against flight direction: Burn towards flight direction when you are past Perigee OR burn against flight direction when you are before Perigee.

To move Apogee against flight direction: Burn towards flight direction when you are past Apogee OR burn against flight direction when you are before Apogee.

To move Perigee towards flight direction: Burn against flight direction when you are past Perigee OR burn towards flight direction when you are before Perigee.

To move Apogee towards flight direction: Burn against flight direction when you are past Apogee OR burn towards flight direction when you are before Apogee.

Note: This will also change your Apogee/Perigee, depending on where you execute the maneuver. The closer you are to either position, the more the other one will change.

Tilting flight axis

At Apogee/Perigee, burn towards the direction you plan to shift your plane to, normal to the flight plane. Note: As the plane shifts, the direction you burn towards has to change as well.

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