Comments by "z08840" (@z08840) on "How to FLY A SPACESHIP to the SPACE STATION - Smarter Every Day 131" video.

  1. ***** assuming you already selected station as a target 1. insert yourself in the orbit roughly inline with station in front or behind (up to 2-3km distance required - less is better) 3. orient your module prograde if station is ahead of you or retrograde if station is behind 4. using "V" select chasing camera mode - by this you are making your translate controls inline with camera - much easier 5. translate to aproach ~30m distance variant 1: 6. switch to station, switch to control from docking port, set module as a target, orient station to target (your module) 7. switch back to module 8. switch module to operate from docking port 9. orient module towards station 10. slowly approach station with translation (~1m/s) until docking, using translation to catch angular velocity with station while keeping direction to target (don't forgot to be in chasing camera mode) variant 2: 6. switch to station, switch to control from docking port, set module as a target, orient station prograde TO ORBIT if module in front or retrograde TO ORBIT if module is behined 7. switch back to module 8. switch module to operate from docking port 9. orient module prograde TO ORBIT if station in front of you or retrograde TO ORBIT if station is behind of you 10. line up module with station using translation keeping prograde/retrograde direction 11. slowly approach station with translation (~1m/s) until docking, using translation to lineup module with station (don't forget to be in chasing camera mode) variant 1 if you fast enough (related to orbital angular velocity - more velocity - less time you have), i.e. orbit is high enough to keep angular velocity manageable variant 2 is more forgiving regarding to time and less sensitive to angular velocity - I personally prefer this one especially on low orbit you can switch order of some operations - depends what you feel more convenient docking mod is very helpful - with this mod you can manually dock without any visual reference - by using only docking monitor and after you master manual docking - use MechJeb ;)
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