This idea popped up when I experimented with RemoteTech and realized that currently there is no good way to use MechJeb to position satelites relative to each other/Kerbin/whatever. Here's what I propose:(phrased roughly as user stories)

• When rendezvousing with another satelite, I want to be able to specify a final distance to the target up to the diameter of the target's orbit to be able to space satelites around a celestial body.
• When "rendezvousing" with another satelite, I want to be able to specify an orbital angle ranging from -360° to 360° relative to the orbited body, where values greater than zero mean "ahead of" and negative values mean "behind", to be able to space satelites around a celestial body

These two should be fairly easy to implement, since they are basicly variants of the rendezvous maneuver, where the maneuver is targeted at a point on the target's orbit instead of the target itself. I've got some more ideas for KEO maneuvers, but I will post those as a separate issue.

Have fun coding!

The target period offset in #1065 is the easiest implementation of this. Distance is not trivial but is on the list for #1058

You mean no other good way other than the already implemented Resonant Orbit stuff ?

But yes, there is a need for other satellite constellation stuff. But right now it's not on the top of my list of stuff to do. I may have a look between to other features to change my mind.

Possibly beyond the scope of Mechjeb? I use KSP Trajectory Optimisation
Tool for the purpose you describe. I have nice Kerbin stationary orbits,
with near 0 eccentricity and inclination, and almost exactly 120 degrees
separation, with 2 burns, using that tool. I still use MechJeb to fly the
nodes that KSPTOT generates.

On 6 December 2014 at 07:09, tfischer4765 [email protected] wrote:

This idea popped up when I experimented with RemoteTech and realized that
currently there is no good way to use MechJeb to position satelites
relative to each other/Kerbin/whatever. Here's what I propose:(phrased
roughly as user stories)

When rendezvousing with another satelite, I want to be able to specify
a final distance to the target up to the diameter of the target's orbit to
be able to space satelites around a celestial body.

When "rendezvousing" with another satelite, I want to be able to
specify an orbital angle ranging from -360° to 360° relative to the orbited
body, where values greater than zero mean "ahead of" and negative values
mean "behind", to be able to space satelites around a celestial body

These two should be fairly easy to implement, since they are basicly
variants of the rendezvous maneuver, where the maneuver is targeted at a
point on the target's orbit instead of the target itself. I've got some
more ideas for KEO maneuvers, but I will post those as a separate issue.

Have fun coding!

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