Tracking debris in atmosphere

[ikt]

Hello

I have my creations launched and in sort of orbit. Now I somehow ejected my stages and they're in perfect orbit, and I wanted to remove them. I accidentally double-clicked one and it was in sub-orbital orbit and it was floating in a perfect circle at about 65000m. From there, I can't go back to the tracking station (otherwise it'll load the previous save).

So how do you get out of this? I was lucky to have another vessels debris crash into Kerbin and it prompted me to go back, but I wouldn't know what to do to get out of this situation again.

Thanks!

Edited October 25, 2014 by ikt

[Taki117]

The good news is that if it's in a 65km orbit it will eventually get back to Kerbin (The Atmosphere ends at 69.1km) the bad news is it's gonna take a long time.

[Claw]

The "previous save" should really only be back to right before you left the tracking station. If you're really concerned that it'll take you too far back, you can quicksave where you are in case you need to load it back after leaving the ship.

If you press MOD+F5 (ALT+F5 if you are on windows), you can give the save a name so that you don't overwrite your usual quicksave.

Good luck,

~Claw

[ikt]

Ah, that's good news on both posts. Thanks!

Also 69.1km also explains why that other plane crashed unexpectedly.

[Kryxal]

So long as the other craft isn't going below 23km, you can probably afford to wait ... don't forget the physics warp!