Kerbal Space Program 0.23 - Tutorial For Beginners 3 - Getting Into Orbit 

I'm not a KSP noob. But i think it's really awesome that Scott takes the time and effort to make tutorials for the KSP beginners. You're awesome Scott!

I've got so addicted to this game. Thank you!

It's so cute to hear Scott trying to explain something that's really the most basic thing for him. Keep up the good work!

Just sent this tutorial to a friend of mine who got the game not too long ago, and watched it myself for the trip down Memory Lane. The nostalgia, man.

I learned so much about orbital mechanics from this Man - not just for the game, but in general and to satisfy my curiosity. And it all was perfectly understandable - maybe a little bit on the Layman Terms at times, but nontheless very informative.

Hey Scott love the channel and this series has really helped me out, I have put rovers on Duna, and bases on the Mun, but this has really gotten me back to the basics and shown me how wrong I was doing those things. I was using twice the fuel for launches from Kerbin, so thank you! Something you might try in this series is saving and showing the wrong way to do things, then reload and show the proper way. Anyway keep up the great work!

Orbit works the same way as flight as described by the Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy. You just have to jump and miss the ground. _"There is an art to flying, or rather a knack. Its knack lies in learning to throw yourself at the ground and miss. ... Clearly, it is this second part, the missing, that presents the difficulties."_

This is super old... yet it makes me realize how easy orbiting is. The official guides are too hand-held and sometimes complicated. But this man makes orbiting seem way simpler. That's a *yes* /10

As someone who bought the game today, these tutorials are absolutely vital! Thanks so much for explaining stuff in such detail, I'd have never worked it out otherwise.

Wow, Scott! Despite being a veteran, you still manage to teach me new things about the gravity turn! I'll be trying that one minute trick for a good ascent next time I launch.

I was trying to get a orbit around kerbin but i got a orbit around the sun

You the Man(ley) Scott! Got me into orbit on the first try after watching, I was facing bankruptcy if i didn't nail it.

I'd just like to extend a personal thank you to Scott. My friend and I managed to put two rockets into orbit (only one made it back) without tutorials, but having watched the first three, we have a much greater chance of success. Thank you Scott Manley, thank you very very much.

Thank you! I'm new to KSP and this video helped me get my first orbit! I plan on going to the MUN now.

Thank you so much for this tutorial series. This is my second Career mode, and I never knew the proper way to achieve a perfect orbit and as a result, was never able to learn how to dock ships together in orbit. I can't wait until I have a few free hours to try it out again!

I'm not a KSP newbie, but this video still helped me a lot.

Hi Scott, I really appreciate your tutorials mate. Great explanations. You make rocket science very accessible!

Downloaded the game thinking about landing on mars, can even get into fucking space LOL, great game, but really frustrating..

Hi Scott great series and thank you! After a few times trying to follow Part 3 I became confused. In Part 1 and Part 2 your pace is nice and slow and very easy to follow. Part 3 moves so much faster that it seems to be directed at much more experienced users. Early in the video I'm not sure which parts you are using or which hot-keys are being used. After breezing through Parts 1 and 2 it seems Part 3 is going to take me a lot longer, but obviously still well worth it.

Verry good teacher, and also the voice is very appropriate. Great tutorials.

i find your tutorials very usefull, I don't know if i couldn't make it with out you, lot of thanks!

Good video. I have already done about 10 Kerbin orbits but you show me some thing I did not know of.

im not that begginer on KSP, but your begginers guide really help out, there were somethings that i didnt knew and with your help now get on the Tier 4 Tech without much efort,now i can finaly rescue Jebediah from his low orbit on minimus,he will have good histories about how he used the ship coolant to keep his water cold =P

This makes so much sense now! Before I had a relatively good understanding of orbiting in KSP but I always used to fly straight up, add a manoeuvre node at apoaps and then burn to get myself in an orbit. Now I realise I could save loads of fuel by turning 90 degrees while on the way up.

I've been having trouble with orbits all week, thanks so much for these videos!

Brilliant video. Been trying to test designs to get into orbit, only to find I was focusing on the wrong aspect of flight. Many thanks.

thanks man, this really helped alot! I like your videos btw, keep up the good work!

I just started playing KSP and was having issues trying to orbit, but thanks to you and this particular video, I had my first successful liftoff, orbit and return. I know this might sound weird, but doing those things made me so proud and exhilarated that I went ahead and planned a Mun shot...yeah, it didn't go well lol, but I'm going to keep trying!

I didn really need to watch this, but did to pass time until the next interstellar episode :p

i wish i had the attention span to remember all of this

Really helpful, thank you! Only just discovered this game a few days ago... fiendishly difficult! I love it!

Thanks for the tutorials, Scott. I went into the game blindly and managed to get a satellite into proper orbit, and a test pod into a really strange orbit that I'm wondering might decay (halfway to the mun, then comes back to Kerbal just at 80,000 meters I believe).

Great tutorial. Thanks for explaining all the buttons you were clicking on instead of just clicking on them!

Thanks for redoing these scott helped alot :D

I did exactly what you did, it got me into orbit and it felt awesome! Thanks alot!

your videos are like nectar from the gods... thank you so much for your work... dedication... time, and very amazing voice/teaching ability my man. ~suwu

'Tri-Directional... Circle Thingy.' Love this tutorial, thanks Scott! :)

I kept making it to the Mun, only to leave and run out of fuel stuck in a huge orbit around Kelbin. Turns out it all came down to the fact that my initial orbit (and escape) from Kelbin was incredibly inefficient. After seeing this guide I was able to land on the Mun and make it back without changing any design of my rocket. Thanks a lot for making these videos!

Ha, during the video, I was trying to pan the camera with my left mouse button, multiple times, lol!

No clue why I am watching this since I am a KSP veteran xD

As soon as Scott clicked on the Apoapsis and put Add Manuever (which I never knew you could do), I got goosebumps and smiled because this sh*t just got real. This game just went to a new level for me. Thank you, Scott.

your videos are amazing man and have help me a lot keep up the good work!

Thanks mate, I used the method without the manover and the orbit is really good. :)

Was very hopeful, thanks!

Around 5:45, you teach us to angle the rocket during launch as it's a more efficient use of thrust. However, many rockets will simply start rotating out of control at this point (even with SAS enabled). I also had many issues with too much velocity at low altitudes where the same would happen (tilt then rolling out of control) and I had to throttle back (or set solid burn rate lower). The result was having to pretty much do a ballistic trajectory and flatten out the orbit at apoapsis, but this costs a lot of fuel. The problem comes from 2 things which you didn't explain but I think are important to understand (eventually I learned it): (1) not enough SAS torque in the command module - I now put Inline Reaction Wheel on top of all my solid boosters and in the second stage near center of mass and it stays straight. This also means they fall off when the stage is done because you only need 1-2 in space usually. (2) SAS control response is relative to the changes in the command module which is far from the center of mass. According to the wiki, putting a secondary command module near center of mass and doing "control from here" will make the SAS behave less erratically on heavy rockets. (refer: wiki.kerbalspaceprogram.com/wiki/Stability_Augmentation_System) It may be too advanced for this beginner video, but those were the issues I ran into while trying to follow along here and might be good to add elsewhere in your tutorials under "stability". Apparently this has little to nothing to do with "drag" which is what I thought was happening sub-10k altitudes to cause the ship to roll over; gravitational loss is so much higher than drag losses on most ships that you want to keep it stable while gunning full throttle, thus the need for SAS torque.

Your KSP videos are great! I got this game because I like space and am also enrolled in a physics course, so learning about this game from someone who knows physics is perfect. I am an absolute KSP noob and went straight to career mode for a challenge. I think a video showing what buildings to invest in early on would be a great idea. My career mode has stagnated because rescue and survey missions are the only ones left that I can do with my current tech, but I can't do the rescue missions because I didn't upgrade the tracking station early enough. I also wasted tons of money on parachutes for stages that aren't recoverable due to the way the game handles separated unmanned stages. I think I'll try a new career now that I know all this, but a video combining building progression order and recovery mechanics would be super useful for us noobies.

before watching this = orbit fucked up after watching this = PERFECT nice job man!

I needed this. I have failed 3 times trying to achieve orbit. Going to try these like you show. Wish me luck.

This video was very helpful. I appreciate it, thank you.

Wow I had the basic design of the ship almost exactly right lol 😂 can’t believe I was that close, thanks for clearing it up for me

thanks Scott for your video tutorials,, awesome job

Great explanation, Scott. Hopefully this will help bring an entire new generation of Kerbal pilots up to speed.

I never ever comment, but this time yeah (nailed my 1st munlanding): thank you for your tutorials, they made me liking this game, even if the starts are hard (like dwarf fortress, but more spacey ahah), so again, thank you!

They even mention on that Gravity movie that you point the rocket down to erath. As an avid KSP player I just rolled my eyes.

30 hours and I still can't nail orbits without a guide. Oh jeez, thanks Scott LOL. Gonna keep trying.

This tutorials will be great to share with my friends. I think I'll tell some of them to get the KSP demo.

I always tried to orbit Kerbin with my rocket, but that never happend! But after I watched this tutorial, I can finally make missions come to a success. Thank you so much!

Lol i fucked up with my orbit. I flew too far and end up in a path to escape Kerbin with nothing but my command module and my parachute. I arranged a rendezvous with the Mun and hope that Jeb will land safely so i can rescue him. And to think it was my first orbital mission.

Great Video, helps a lot. Many Thanks!!!

This really was really great!

Thank you Scott I finally FINNALLY After 100 flights FINALLY made it to space..

Lol im a ksp veteran and still learning sooo much watching these!!! XD

Wonderful video. Going to be perfect for new players.

ive watched a few of your tutorial videos and i could really use some help getting into orbit.

I watched this and your newer tutorial and in some ways this one was easier for me to understand. But as they say "mileage may vary." Perhaps it was because I've already tried (and failed) to achieve orbit after watching your later tutorial.

Thank you, your tutorial is very great!

this didnt work exactly like yours but it helped me get a stable orbit. Thank You!

I like this tutorial, its very simple to understand! And this rocket construction could be always used to get to Mun, just add more fuel).

Thank you!! This was so helpful!

Thanks for all the tutorials Scott, very well made and useful. Although I am struggling to get a decent orbit, and then a decent EVA, the controls seem strange.

WOW FANTASTIC TUTORIAL THANKS!!!

Great minds think alike. That is almost exactly like the rocket I built for my first orbital flight in KSP career mode. The only difference is I put the thrust limiter to 50% on the SRBs, and I used the LVT-30 engine. I used the steerable fins so I didn't need the LVT-45 to steer with. You can also EVA and just hang out on the pod and take EVA reports over the different biomes.

This was so helpful, thank you! :D

Thanks from France for your tutorial. 🙂😉

Thanks! I managed to get my rocket into orbit because of this video!

Awesome tutorial!

This jingle is soooo much better than the other one!

real helpful! thank you very much!

As a Kerbmonaut in training, thank you for making these.

7 years later and this helps alot man thank you

best tutorial ever, thanks man

Thank you very much! I made my first orbit, although it is at 130k low and 640k high. Still is orbit!

Great video!

Very helpful. More Please!

Got my first orbit thank you Scott.

Thanks for this, it helped alot.

4:40 So that's why, when i go above 36,000 meters and the nav type changes from surface to orbit, the speed is also changed :) I noticed that i get around 100-150 m/s additional velocity, when you actually leave the lower atmosphere. Thanks Scott ;)

Thanks a lot this helped me so much😁

tnx scoot manley now im better att ksp i learned alot now i dont make so eliptical orbits tnx

I really cant thank you enough!! You have helped me achieve my first full satellite orbit around Kerbin!!

Thank you men, it helped a looooooooooooooooot

THANK YOU SO MUCH i played the into orbit like 20 times still could not get my head around it i watch this once i get it

You are a genious pal!

Thank you so much for this

I'm very surprised squad has not been given an award of some type yet. Heck, they've outdone every NASA created learning game to date. squad has created something groundbreaking and because there hasnt been a single nod from the academic communities blows my mind, til this day. KSP needs to be in every science classroom/lab IMHO

thank you very much scott!!!! :D

Thank you Scott Manley you are a lot better at telling me how to get into an orbit than the kerbles

thx capt. scott. without that i would never reach orbit again to make basic science :D dont know how i make it once in a while before, since that it was sooo frusttrating, until i found this vid ;X

Thanks! really useful! :D

Nice video!