Kerbal Space Program

Kerbal Space Program

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Rendezvous for beginners
By Jedrasus
Little guide to help you to make your rendezvous mission or creating first space station.
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Quick info
  • I only teach technique how to rendezvous two vessels, but i'm not teaching how to build proper rocket.
  • I just taught myself few days about rendezvous two vessels on the orbit so not everything can be clear for you :P
  • Guide is based on my try to add new module to space station.
  • Remember to have RCS on your rocket, without them will be a lot harder to navigate close to target

PS. English isn't my native language, sorry for mistakes.
Rendezvous two vessels
  1. After you make orbit, check your Ascending Node.

  2. Navigate to get as close to 0.0 degree

  3. Make circular orbit.

  4. Make maneuver node and extend it to the orbit of target

  5. Remember you can drag the maneuver node to get the closest separation point, and burn.
    (To drag node you, press in middle of circle and pull around orbit)
    Result:

  6. Burn in separation point to get perfect match with target's orbit. (still try to correct to get closer to target)

  7. In closest point change to docking mode and with RCS burn to target (If you get markers like me, you are in straight line to target)
    Result in map:

  8. Congratulations you rendezvous two vessels together.
Docking
If you get everything above right you will be fine, i just hope you still have fuel in RCS.
Remember to not hurry because you can hit hard into your target.

You can have problem after you dock to docking port they don't connect, try to rotate because ports need to be alligned.
After few minutes you will probably dock and get result like me :

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24 Comments
Trollenger. 6 Feb, 2022 @ 3:17pm 
also dad came back with the milk when that happened what the f-
Trollenger. 6 Feb, 2022 @ 3:16pm 
instructions unclear, rocket collapsed into a black hole and ate the kerbol system
Jedrasus  [author] 17 Mar, 2021 @ 3:08pm 
Nice :)
Mr Beanz 17 Mar, 2021 @ 12:35pm 
instructions unclear, now orbiting the sun as a planet
Jedrasus  [author] 16 May, 2020 @ 2:28am 
I never tried to dock aside from circular orbits :P
Bunnies&Cherris 15 May, 2020 @ 8:27pm 
Adding on, this is still great! thanks :)
Bunnies&Cherris 15 May, 2020 @ 8:26pm 
this would be great and all if it had a section for orbits that are very eccentric and have weird inclinations etc
Onelonewander 19 Apr, 2020 @ 5:33pm 
Instructions unclear, hit target going full speed.
Gh0st 11 Apr, 2018 @ 3:25pm 
...why did we not think of moving the node before...? i suddenly feel slightly dumb. (says the man who hasnt even crash landed on the mun
Jedrasus  [author] 9 Apr, 2018 @ 1:02pm 
hori shit