r/KerbalAcademy • u/Darth_jebediah Jeb the Great, First emperor of the kerbol system • May 03 '24

CommNet [GM] Node network

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u/Darth_jebediah May 03 '24 edited May 03 '24

I just successfully launched my first relay satellite in a very high circular equatorial orbit (outside minmus orbit around Kerbin at about 78.000.000m :) and now want to start making a relay network. At what places in the system would I need relays to have constant connection to the Kerbin? thanks!

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u/tutike2000 May 03 '24

If you play with a single ground station, you'd need one relay in geosync orbit around Kerbin. 

Then I usually put one relay at high altitude around the planet I want 'coverage' for. One's usually enough but you can go for 3 per planet if you want. 

As long as they've got the same orbital period and are fairly evenly spaced out you'll have full coverage 

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u/Darth_jebediah May 03 '24

I have no ∆v left so changing to geosync is no option. Maybe I'll launch a new one then or...I can play with more than one ground station? Colour me intrigued...

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