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minus-squarebuckykat [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·5 days agoAn orbit will always pass through the altitude of last impulse.
minus-squareDes [she/her, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days 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-up2·3 days ago[Jeb saluting while grinning madly]
minus-squareknightly [none/use any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·5 days 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.
An orbit will always pass through the altitude of last impulse.
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]
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.