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Bug #28589

Received Mission Contract for Impossible orbit

Added by XtraWaffle over 2 years ago.

Status:
New
Severity:
Low
Assignee:
-
Category:
Contracts
Target version:
-
Start date:
11/30/2021
% Done:

0%

Version:
Platform:
Windows
Expansion:
Breaking Ground, Core Game
Language:
English (US)
Mod Related:
No
Votes:
Arrow u r green
Arrow d r red

Description

Hi,
There is one bug, which makes my mission impossible to accomplish.

I have received a mission assignment in game to establish an orbit above Duna.
IMG 1 - https://i.gyazo.com/1ad8768c21e02d777de473bb7ebea52a.png

Turns out the desired orbit is of very similar orbital parameters just like Ike's orbit.
IMG 2 - https://i.gyazo.com/94369aa5f5eb0e75ab07b4639679a000.jpg
Normally it would be possible to make orbit with probe orbiting on the other side - to not to have it crashed to Ike.
However last condition of the mission assignment made it impossible - to hold the orbit DIRECTLY above Duna site - The site is directly pointed on Duna's moon Ike.

I can't establish circular orbit around Duna, as long as Ike's gravitational influence will never let me to position myself that way.
We could zero-out all the relative speed at the good spot, but if I engage my engines on the temporary collision course with the moon, to cancel its gravity and to create the orbit, it will never yield a desired orbit shape in the tracker view, that needs to be there in order to complete the mission + maintaining the stability for 10 seconds.

I've consulted someone who knows way more that I do in KSP and told me, this mission is impossible to do.
Is that right and this is a game bug, or is it possible to establish such orbit ?

I should mention: I've bought DLC Breaking Ground day prior this issue happened, and I have not started a new game but loaded my old one, where I use the DLC's features.
I am also using one outdated mod: MechjJeb2 from CurseForge

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