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0 pointsorbital-decay3y ago0 comments

Sidenote: KSP is the worst way to build intuition in this particular case as it doesn't have any drag model in orbit, or even n-body simulation, so no orbital decay is possible there. Playing around with NASA's GMAT [0] or similar more comprehensive software is much more helpful to understand real-world orbital mechanics.

[0] https://sourceforge.net/projects/gmat/

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ericbarrett3y ago

There is a high-quality mod which adds n-body gravity: https://github.com/mockingbirdnest/Principia

It will also add orbital perturbations/frozen orbits if you use Real Solar System: https://github.com/mockingbirdnest/Principia/blob/master/ast...

That said, to my knowledge there isn't yet a mod that adds high-altitude drag.

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ericbarrett3y ago

There is a high-quality mod which adds n-body gravity: https://github.com/mockingbirdnest/Principia

It will also add orbital perturbations/frozen orbits if you use Real Solar System: https://github.com/mockingbirdnest/Principia/blob/master/ast...

That said, to my knowledge there isn't yet a mod that adds high-altitude drag.

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