How to measure gravitational forces above 17100 meters.

[ChillKill]

Hello, I'm trying to complete a contract in which I need to measure the gravitational forces above 17,100 meters, 18,500 meters, and a couple places on the surface. I haven't tried to measure them on the surface yet because I wanna do the ones up high before I land. Anyway I believe the equipment to measure this is the GRAVMAX negative graviolie detector thing but when I go to log gravity data at altitude it says that that is unavailable at this time. When I click on it again the bubble for running the test has disappeared so it seems it has been cycled and I can still reset if I want but it doesn't count it towards the contract. I can't figure out how to fulfill this part of the contracts. I'm assuming I won't have a problem running the test on the ground while I'm stationary but I haven't tried yet.

If anyone has some ideas or knows what I'm talking about advice would be helpful. Thanks. I'll try to get the name of the contract in a bit. I'm still cruising around finishing up other contracts now since I already flew to this side of the earth. Haha:)

[LethalDose]

IIRC, You need to be orbital to read the gravioli detector. Is this around the Mun?

[ChillKill]

No, It's on the home planet. I guess I'll have to send a small rocket into orbit around kerbin that passes over those 2 points in the air. As long as I'm above those points I'm assuming it won't have an issue, even tho I'll be 200,000+ of the needed. haha. Will it allow me to read the gravioli detector on the surface when stationary in a plane?

[LethalDose]

No, It's on the home planet. I guess I'll have to send a small rocket into orbit around kerbin that passes over those 2 points in the air. As long as I'm above those points I'm assuming it won't have an issue, even tho I'll be 200,000+ of the needed.

Yeah, basically, you should be fine. I haven't played with those contracts much. I would keep the orbit as low as possible, though (~70 km). You'll have faster orbits, and hopefully get into orbit over those locations more quickly.

Will it allow me to read the gravioli detector on the surface when stationary in a plane?

Yep, the gravimeter works just fine on the surface when stationary.

Overall, some of the contracts are a little screwy. Sounds like you found one of them.