A little help with visibile orbiters?

[VincentMcConnell]

I\'d like to put something into a 70KM orbit with an inclination of 0 degrees and have it pass over KSC so that I could see it from the ground. How large would something like this have to be?

[avan]

Because of the way LOD works, I don\'t think that it would even render when viewed from the ground, even if you made a part with a gargantuan mesh and placed it just over 50km alt.

[Kosmo-not]

You could mod all the parts used by the spacecraft to have zero drag. Then you could orbit it just high enough to not hit any mountains (not sure what altitude that would be). Then maybe you could see it from the launchpad.

[Phoxtane]

There was a flare part that could make such craft barely visible at the right angle.

[ferram4]

You could make it as large as the Mun and still wouldn\'t see it. Parts don\'t render until they\'re about 2.5 km away.

[havoc1482]

You could make it as large as the Mun and still wouldn\'t see it. Parts don\'t render until they\'re about 2.5 km away.

But how does Mun render at such a large distance?

[ferram4]

It\'s a celestial body, not a spaceship part. It\'s special.

[Mr_Orion]

You could, however, see the little purple indication over it since it\'d be less than 100km away when directly over you.

[sal_vager]

C7 mentioned that the Mun, and Kerbin, changes to a smaller, closer object when you get far away, but that you can\'t tell and he didn\'t say what distance this happens at.

As ferram4 said they are a separate class of object, as Mr_Orion says, you can only see the distance indicator, even that flare mod won\'t help as it still wouldn\'t render.

[Zephram Kerman]

You could mod all the parts used by the spacecraft to have zero drag. Then you could orbit it just high enough to not hit any mountains (not sure what altitude that would be). Then maybe you could see it from the launchpad.

I\'ve gotta do this. 8) Thought about it at work after replying. Remember, unfocused ships get vaporized below 23 km.

[havoc1482]

Is it possible to be able to increase the draw distance for anyone that has a computer that can handle it? It would be cool to look up and see the little dot moving in space.