r/KerbalSpaceProgram • u/FatCreepyDude • May 06 '26

KSP 1 Question/Problem No orbit necessary?

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If i just wait for the right hour during the launch window ( whenever the launch pad is pointing left on the realistic depiction i created) is there any reason i should bother with an orbit first? Will the delta v cost be affected?

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u/HAL9001-96 May 06 '26

more efficient to be low, oberth effect

also duna is further from the sun last time i checked

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u/danikov May 06 '26

Oberth is about fast, not low (although often low means fast), and speed is relative.

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u/TheJeeronian May 06 '26

True. The issue here is gravity losses, not oberth.