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minus-squarebuckykat [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·4 months agoAn orbit will always pass through the altitude of last impulse.
minus-squareknightly [none/use any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·4 months agoYeah, impacts might throw debris into more steeply elliptical orbits but unless another impact at apogee gives the debris more momentum then the average level of the orbit would remain the same.
minus-squareDes [she/her, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoyou’re right i completely forgot you have to circularize to actually create a new higher orbit it was way too late at night when i realized that don’t tell the other old timers on the kerbal space program forums i made this mistake
minus-squarebuckykat [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months ago[Jeb saluting while grinning madly]
An orbit will always pass through the altitude of last impulse.
Yeah, impacts might throw debris into more steeply elliptical orbits but unless another impact at apogee gives the debris more momentum then the average level of the orbit would remain the same.
you’re right i completely forgot you have to circularize to actually create a new higher orbit it was way too late at night when i realized that
don’t tell the other old timers on the kerbal space program forums i made this mistake
[Jeb saluting while grinning madly]