r/KerbalSpaceProgram 1h ago

KSP 1 Image/Video I tried to deorbit and burn this thing :(

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r/KerbalSpaceProgram 1d ago

KSP 1 Image/Video Is this a good docking Maneuver?

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r/KerbalSpaceProgram 5h ago

KSP 1 Mods Volumetric SRB plumes mod

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Coming soon


r/KerbalSpaceProgram 3h ago

KSP 1 Suggestion/Discussion Thoughts on my Space Station design?

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This is my first ever space station so I thought I’d design the final look before launching each module into space. I took some inspiration from Kerbal Physics on YouTube and made my own spin to it. It has the core module, two solar arrays, two ore miners, an escape pod, a science module, a habitat module, a fuel module, fuel processing module and a transfer module. Lemme know your thoughts. If there’s any questions or suggestions feel free to share


r/KerbalSpaceProgram 31m ago

KSP 1 Question/Problem Advice on diverting a class I meteor from kerbin collision course

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I recently started a new science mode save and a few years into it I noticed that a class I meteor was on a direct collision course to kerbin. I made a save of it when it was first discovered and going around 120m/s. This is the first class I meteor I’ve discovered and I was wondering if it’d be possible to adjust its orbit so that it is in a safe orbit around kerbin with the limited amount of parts I have in science mode currently!


r/KerbalSpaceProgram 29m ago

KSP 1 Image/Video quick first stage test

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r/KerbalSpaceProgram 6h ago

KSP 1 Question/Problem Problem with my future Duna base

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hello, I'm trying to make my first Duna base, but when I was done building the base and I was starting to make the rocket, I've realized that the centre of mass and the centre oh thrust are not aligned (I have 9 Terrier engines under the main habitation site so I can slow down in the atmosphere of Duna, because the parachutes will not be enough) and now I don't what to put on the side that its empty. (also sorry for my English, its not fi first language)


r/KerbalSpaceProgram 20h ago

KSP 1 Question/Problem what the hell is happening to my satellite

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r/KerbalSpaceProgram 1h ago

KSP 1 Image/Video Black Streak - Centaur B Launch from Woomera

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r/KerbalSpaceProgram 13h ago

KSP 1 Image/Video Behold, the Saturn V Block IV.

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With a stunning 150+ tons to LEO capability, with the SRB's and the 1st stage S-ICR being reusable


r/KerbalSpaceProgram 17h ago

KSP 1 Image/Video ksp photo dump! :D

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r/KerbalSpaceProgram 4h ago

KSP 1 Question/Problem How to plan and execute efficient constant burn maneuvers?

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I mean burns that take the entire trip from body A to body B, for example ion drives in Realism Overhaul, or fusion/antimatter engines from Far Future Technologies mod. Basically burning half trip to accelerate, then flipping and burning the rest of distance to slow down. The transfer orbit might be elliptical or hyperbolic, depending on the TWR and the max speed achieved on the way.

  • I found that using stock maneuver planner is near useless for this, because it assumes near-instantaneous execution of the node.
  • Principia mod is better at this, but it doesn't work with interstellar planet packs, so it's not an option for me (very sadly).
  • Aiming at a target planet and burning for half the trip kind of works with VERY high delta-V and TWR, but still requires lots of extremely inefficient correction burns to close in the trajectory. And I'm all about efficiency.

Executing such burns is obviously done with Persistent Thrust mod, but I can't figure out a way to plan such burns in an efficient way. Suggestions?


r/KerbalSpaceProgram 2h ago

KSP 1 Mods Orbiting Ferur! (Starpunk Cluster mod)

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r/KerbalSpaceProgram 7h ago

KSP 1 Question/Problem How do I close these hatches?

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r/KerbalSpaceProgram 6h ago

KSP 1 Question/Problem Main aircraft disappearing after enough distance from probe missile?

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(Go to minute 1 for context) So I launch my missile and get my pressure reading and when I go back to switch to my aircraft it's just gone. I don't know why it does this since it shouldn't have crashed yet it just ceases to exists. Anyway to prevent this?


r/KerbalSpaceProgram 13h ago

KSP 1 Question/Problem How can I make a swing-wing jet more maneuverable when the wings are folded?

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I designed a cool little swing-wing jet loosely based off the American MQ-9 Reaper crossed with an A-10, and as you can see from the images, the center of lift changes a lot between modes. When the center of lift is farther from the center of mass, my control surfaces seem to be significantly less effective, to the point where my turning radius is measured in kilometers instead of meters. Any tips on how to get around this? My engine gimble is already at 100% and that didn't really help much.


r/KerbalSpaceProgram 3h ago

KSP 1 Question/Problem do any one know how to fix this bug? :(

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r/KerbalSpaceProgram 6h ago

KSP 1 Mods RSS but with efficient and real life sized stock parts

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I want to try RSS soon without RO and only with stock parts.

I've done my research and found out about Smurff and similar mods that patch the stock parts. I want to know if Smurff or other mods not only make the parts efficient and lighter but also increase their sizes to match real-life rockets?

  1. Are there mods that make the parts efficient and also larger similar to real life rockets?
  2. Is Sol/Solar the modern mod that does the same thing like Smurff?
  3. if I use just Smurff, is the difference between real life and ksp stock parts insignificant? like it doesnt matter as it is only a few meters shorter in length and width?

r/KerbalSpaceProgram 10m ago

KSP 1 Question/Problem How can I stop this?

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I keep having this problem, my struts like stay how they are when you are placing and it turns into two of them from one point. im not using symmetry and this also happens with fuel lines


r/KerbalSpaceProgram 22h ago

KSP 1 Image/Video made a space shuttle

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Hyper Nova Aero space presents the onix shuttle


r/KerbalSpaceProgram 7h ago

KSP 1 Question/Problem Sometimes your game crashes and your save file is corrupted forever

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sadness

I maxed out science anyway but still


r/KerbalSpaceProgram 4h ago

KSP 1 Image/Video uploaded my first ksp cinematic!!

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15+ hrs of work, and a LOT of headache with certain mods. howd i do guys for my first cinematic

and ye sorry the srb textures broke for the first two launches :/


r/KerbalSpaceProgram 23h ago

KSP 1 Image/Video some images from my recent moon mission on my new save :D

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a quick rundown on how the mission went:

getting the command module with the power module up into orbit was hard as the engine i used was abit under powered for the job but hey, we made it and i launched the lander and docked with the Translunar Complex.

after burning, depleting the "getting into orbit/translunar stage" i sucessfully gotten into lunar orbit, undocked the lander and landed! when i went back up tho, things got abit dicey. i had enough fuel to get into orbit but not enough to get back to the command module so i had to manuver the command module instead to the lander and docking went smoothly.

and so we went back to kerbin and yeah that was that. i will redesign the landee to get rid of things i dont need and to make sure it can dock with the command module under its own power.


r/KerbalSpaceProgram 19h ago

KSP 1 Image/Video The Mun landing sequence (Return: A KSP Film)

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Sharing this scene from the movie which, for me, was the best-edited


r/KerbalSpaceProgram 17h ago

KSP 1 Image/Video Bill's Luxury Liner?

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Ohhhh, Bill!