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Other Games / Re: Kerbal Space Program: Now Hiring Optimistic Astronauts for Dangerous Munission
« on: May 02, 2015, 12:35:52 pm »it does, but notice that ascending and descendign nodes shown will change depending on your orbit. Which is great when you align your orbital plane, less great when they are required to be in a specific place that is no longer shown. Maybe switching to another craft will work, but for now I wrote that off as a lost rocket. Not that expensive thankfully.
( or maybe the error is in the argument of periapsis? what is the argument of periapsis?)
Just align with the target orbit and your nodes will be in the right place -- all they are are the points where your orbit crosses the equatorial plane. The nodes you are shown are where your orbit and the target orbit cross, which is what you need to know to get the alignment right.
Argument of periapsis is the angle between your ascending node and the periapsis. You can't actually see the ascending node, but you can compare the periapsis of your current and target orbits.