Orbital Troubles

[frigid sky]

Whenever I make a maneuver node at my apoapsis, and just do a simple prograde burn for my plan, the game makes the orbit super bad. Its usually something like 500k apoapsis and 70k periapsis. I have no idea why this does this, I even try doing a node slightly before my apoapsis. Sometimes even when I try the 500k/70k it ends up puting me back below 70k even after doing the burn perfectly.

[placid dune]

Did you put SAS to maneuver? Burn at the indicated time?

[frigid sky]

yes

the issue is just the manuever node just doesn't work as I would expect at all

I will try again to take a photo so you can see

~5 mins

I did a very simple prograde node

just pull prograde

and

it made that

[slow cliff]

you pulled it out too much

pull retrograde a little and bring it down

or alternatively just dont burn the full indicated time

orbital velocity at 70km is about 2,310m/s iirc

[frigid sky]

but pe is about 65k

in that image

and apoapsis is like 200k

[cyan goblet]

move the node backwards abit

[placid dune]

Wait, 41708 alt?

[rigid yoke]

Do you toggle from vessel to map durring the burn ?

[frigid sky]

no not while im burnign

I watch the orbital info

here one sec I gotta launch again bc im reentering and forgot to pause

[slow cliff]

maybe launch to an AP of 100km then try making a node

dont pull it out so far and as long

[frigid sky]

should I do manuever dead on apoapsis or slight behind

[placid dune]

Dead-on

It automatically calculates a 50/50 burn for you

[slow cliff]

you should plot the maunver well before you reach it

then execute the maunever when it tells you too

[rigid yoke]

Try to do your burn in map without go to vessel during burn.

[rigid yoke]

Not in ksp2

[frigid sky]

When I went up to 100k I got a slightly more circular orbit

70k pe 100k apoapsis

[rigid yoke]

It calculate your réal trajectoire if you begin to burn at manœuvre node.

[frigid sky]

I’m about to do my burn, but the node seems to be okay

I think it was my bad the first few times

I believe I pulled prograde too much

[placid dune]

Are you sure? I'll have to check in a bit

[frigid sky]

in combination with a late maneuver mode

[rigid yoke]

Just be carrefull to don't click M during burn. It reset your burn. 😒

[rigid yoke]

Try with ion motor at 100km.

[frigid sky]

Okay I’m in orbit

Thanks

[rigid yoke]

Try to read that i explain it with some screenshoot .

I do that in french sorry. 😉

[slender spindle]

Same issue

This is when doing just a simply prograde

PE only drops if I drag prograde more

[rigid yoke]

Your twr are too low place the manœuvre node before Pe and push prograde + a few of radial (in direction of kerbin) it will do the same things than with ksp1.
Or add radial (direction of the Sky) to your manœuvre.