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[andrea]

I am having some problems with the 'place satellite in orbit' missions. Namely, how do I check where the required longitude of ascending/descending node is, or what is the argument of periapsis.

[BFEL]

I am having some problems with the 'place satellite in orbit' missions. Namely, how do I check where the required longitude of ascending/descending node is, or what is the argument of periapsis.

It should show a rotating ring around the planet that visually displays the desired orbit.

[Shadowlord]

There's a blue glowy orbit in the map for them. Also the parameters are, at the very least, in the building where you accept the mission.

But personally I decided they weren't worth the small reward. "Place satellite in precise 11-12 million km polar orbit for us for less money than a Kerbal rescue mission!" No thanks.

[TheDarkStar]

Now that I have the 255 part VAB, I can finally rescue Valentina from the Mun.

[MarcAFK]

Looking at the physics.cfg, drag and lift have been significantly increased since 1.0

[andrea]

I am having some problems with the 'place satellite in orbit' missions. Namely, how do I check where the required longitude of ascending/descending node is, or what is the argument of periapsis.

It should show a rotating ring around the planet that visually displays the desired orbit.

it does, but  notice that ascending and descendign nodes shown will change depending on your orbit. Which is great when you align your orbital plane, less great when they are required to be in a specific place that is no longer shown. Maybe switching to another craft will work, but for now I wrote that off as a lost rocket. Not that expensive thankfully.
( or maybe the error is in the argument of periapsis? what is the argument of periapsis?)

edit: the plant flag and recover science missions seem to be a good way to get cash, however. On a recent mission I got plant flag on mun, recover science from space  near mun and recover science from mun surface at the same time. Considering the low tech involved, it was 15k+ of tidy profit.

[puke]

Man, be careful with rescue missions at low tech levels.  If they don't say "low orbit" they might be anywhere in the SOI.  I had a couple last night that were out past the mun.

[BigD145]

With 1.0 my heat shielded mk1 pod (3 part parachute, pod, shield) would tilt a bit and expose its top to reentry heating. With 1.0.2 it no longer does this. Without any sas it will come in fairly centered around it's trajectory and the pod is fully protected from reentry heat.

[dennislp3]

Wish they had prop engines in the game natively for starter planes...seems kinda silly to have landing gear that cant retract but you have jet engines...

[andrewas]

it does, but  notice that ascending and descendign nodes shown will change depending on your orbit. Which is great when you align your orbital plane, less great when they are required to be in a specific place that is no longer shown. Maybe switching to another craft will work, but for now I wrote that off as a lost rocket. Not that expensive thankfully.
( or maybe the error is in the argument of periapsis? what is the argument of periapsis?)

Just align with the target orbit and your nodes will be in the right place -- all they are are the points where your orbit crosses the equatorial plane. The nodes you are shown are where your orbit and the target orbit cross, which is what you need to know to get the alignment right.

Argument of periapsis is the angle between your ascending node and the periapsis. You can't actually see the ascending node, but you can compare the periapsis of your current and target orbits.

[puke]

Wish they had prop engines in the game natively for starter planes...seems kinda silly to have landing gear that cant retract but you have jet engines...

Why can't you just make a pinwheel out of wing segments with rockets at the tips, like any normal person would?

[Lightningfalcon]

I had a rescue mission that went horribly, horribly wrong.  I decided that I could just grab the pod they were in with a claw, have the claw deorbit, and deploy parachutes to slow it down (This was before the update that killed parachutes).  Unfortunately, I forgot to put any kind of reaction wheel on it, so it would take about 30-45 seconds to turn 180 degrees. Because of this, I eventually gave up on trying to grab the pod and just flew the kerbal over and stuck it in the claw.  Turns out kerbal's have zero heat resistance, and it died at about 60,000 meters.  So then I reloaded my last save, and sent up a small rocket with a cabin.  Since the claw had parachutes, I figured I wouldn't need to put parachutes on the new craft.  Cue two hours of trying to ram the claw and get it to actually dock.  From now on I'm putting RCS thrusters on everything that docks.

[BigD145]

I often get two rescue missions around Mun or Minmus. They could net about 400k in one mission.

[forsaken1111]

I often get two rescue missions around Mun or Minmus. They could net about 400k in one mission.

Not to mention free personnel

[TheDarkStar]

Not to mention free personnel

Does anyone else find this darkly humorous?