


Its fuel consumption scales with the time the engine is on.īut the energy scales with the distance the force is applied. Most engines produce a constant thrust while on. The below table tries to keep burns <2 minutes until we cross the orbit of the Mun. RC-L01 (for storing science and remote control of probes)įor interplanetary travel, you need ~930m/s of Δv to leave Kerbin SoI starting from a 100kmAGL orbit,Īnd an additional 100~1000m/s to reach other planets.ĭesign for a high enough TWR to do this in a reasonable time.Īs long as the apoapsis is When starting from a 100km circular orbit around Kerbin, a deorbit burn down to Pe=40km will touch down 152º later. Launch when the target is 16º before the KSC.

Launch when the target is 26º before the KSC position (viewable as Phase Angle).įor spaceplane launches (with RAPIERs and 10º pitch up all the way), When launching from KSC to rendez-vous with something in a circular orbit at 100km altitude:įor vertical launches with "my usual ascend profile", It’s the kind of game that triggers my “I’ll optimize this by writing a script”, so here are a few of the tools I wrote, or interesting tools I found online: Continued abuse of our services will cause your IP address to be blocked indefinitely.I am usually late to proverbial parties, but I think I’ve outdone myself by discovering the computer game Kerbal Space Program roughly 10 years after it first became playable. Please fill out the CAPTCHA below and then click the button to indicate that you agree to these terms. If you wish to be unblocked, you must agree that you will take immediate steps to rectify this issue. If you do not understand what is causing this behavior, please contact us here. If you promise to stop (by clicking the Agree button below), we'll unblock your connection for now, but we will immediately re-block it if we detect additional bad behavior.

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