How does the M700 survey scanner work?!

[randombanana]

How does the M700-survey scanner work? It keeps saying i need to be in a stable polar orbit between 60 and 150000 km but when i do a 0 degree orbit around kerbin at 70-100 km hight it keeps telling me i need to be in a stable polar orbit etc.

Been messing around like an hour trying different angles, different heights but nothing works.

[[m00] insane_eon]

A polar orbit has a 90 degree inclination, so it passes over both poles (hence "polar").
Launch North or South to get into the right sort of orbit.

[Syd Khaos]

Originally posted by m00 insane_eon:

A polar orbit has a 90 degree inclination, so it passes over both poles (hence "polar").
Launch North or South to get into the right sort of orbit.

Its much better to launch into polar orbits when possible...depending on size of body your orbiting it can take ALOT of deltaV to change your orbital inclination that much.

At like 300Km orbit around Kerbin it takes aomething like 1100 deltaV to get from 0deg to 90deg orbit.

[Peter King]

I have a problem with this antena, or what it is. I´m in the exact inclination between both poles, and in exact AP and PE. When I hit perform visual survey, nothing happens. No message, just nothing happens. What should I do?

[Operation40]

Originally posted by Peter Kral:

I have a problem with this antena, or what it is. I´m in the exact inclination between both poles, and in exact AP and PE. When I hit perform visual survey, nothing happens. No message, just nothing happens. What should I do?

I've been having the same issue -- can't transmit science since the .5 update.. tried it with and without remote tech (usually play with it).. same as you no message at all and no science sent.

[Supermarine]

Originally posted by Operation40:

Originally posted by Peter Kral:

I have a problem with this antena, or what it is. I´m in the exact inclination between both poles, and in exact AP and PE. When I hit perform visual survey, nothing happens. No message, just nothing happens. What should I do?

I've been having the same issue -- can't transmit science since the .5 update.. tried it with and without remote tech (usually play with it).. same as you no message at all and no science sent.

Try updating your mods, both of you. AntennaRange, SCANsat and RemoteTech behave strangely with 1.0.5, but their authors have already released new versions. That solved it for me.

[Peter King]

Thank you guys, I forgot, that I´m using old science alert mod. Now it works