How To Do a Basic Rendezvous | KERBAL SPACE PROGRAM Beginner's Guide

[@MikeAben]

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[@RossEdgerley]

Because of this amazing guide i was finally able to rescue my first “contract” kerbal! I was so stoked i bragged to my wife!…she did not care. Subbed.

[@Crispy27]

"I was so stoked i bragged to my wife!…she did not care." Yeah, we've all been there.

[@homerocketscience1874]

@@Crispy27 not if you don’t have a wife.....

[@Crispy27]

@@homerocketscience1874 Eh, I'm sure you've had someone that's listened to you excitedly rant about something and couldn't care less

[@homerocketscience1874]

@@Crispy27 yeah more or less correct

[@onbekend960]

Because of him im finally able to rendez-vous and dock in space. He made this game so much easier for me.

[@javierolazaran7227]

This is the best, clearest and actually beginner's level explanation I've found. Here's your like and sub good man. The two guys I've sent to be eternally orbiting the sun also thank you for teaching me how to go look for them.

[@MikeAben]

Thanks. Good luck with the rescue.

[@dct1769]

I agree this is a really good tutorial. I wish I had learned with this one instead of just trying to figure it out

[@tetlamed]

They’ll end up eternally orbiting the sun either way :)

[@dmclegg66]

Same I have 4 guys in two ships in orbit of kerbal and the orbits are way off thanks for the help.

[@gabrieldelatortilla1]

so how did it go?

[@floridaman964]

Buzz Aldrin did his Doctoral thesis on this topic (he simulated calculating maneuver nodes on a computer). You explained the concept so well.

[@ctakitimu]

I feel like this could be a paper in first year University - KSB 101, with Prof. Mike Aben

[@slayerficated]

Kerbal Space Brogram

[@SoftBreadSoft]

Kerbal space 🅱️rogram

[@gamertardguardian1299]

Mike was a teacher, and he really gives off that vibe and i love it

[@matteochiesurin2365]

Thanks a lot bud, I’m in science mode, just made first trip to Duna (not Apollo style) and sent some rovers around, but I’ve NEVER managed to do a rendezvous other than the tutorial one. Your channel is a goldmine, ya got a sub

[@purple_infused]

omg, I was having trouble the other day and was looking for tutorials, days later, Mike uploads this!

[@MikeAben]

I'll try and wotking on my timing. 😉

[@_Meriwether]

Title: "How to do a basic rendezvous~" Vid: _Masterclass in how to rendezvous_ Great stuff, _God_ I wish I'd known all this when I started out, rendezvous used to drive me *iNsANe!*

[@MikeAben]

Everyone's first instinct is to burn towards the target. When that results in you moving further away it's gonna be puzzling.

[@_Meriwether]

@@MikeAben Absolutely. In the end, I learned through trial and error to burn retro to get the speed down, turn around, burn closer, turn around, burn retro... ad nauseum. I think you saved a lot of people from similar headaches with this one! Subscription added. :)

[@Rig0r_M0rtis]

This is the best tutorial on randezvous i found. Much better than Scott Manleys and other well known KSP youtubers. Fucking well done mate.

[@logicbuilder1204]

Agreed, They are always so fast and difficult to understand, this guy just walks you through it, and explains how it works.

[@Crispy27]

I love your tutorials. Scott Manley and Matt Lowne are both really good at showing us how to go from A to B to C, but your videos helped me from 0 to A so much better than anyone else. Thank you!

[@Buffalo_billi]

0 to A huh?

[@Crispy27]

That's what I said and that's what I meant

[@gnas1897]

Thanks a lot lol. I had sent Jeb on a Mun landing mission, only to realise during take off from the Mun that the Δv was not enough to get him back to Kerbin so I stranded him on low Mun orbit and sent a rescue mission to pick him up. Your channel is much more informative than any other one. I've learnt so many things watching you for just a few days.

[@philrocket7951]

Man, I’ve been playing KSP for a while now, always been a fan of Manley and Lowne, but your vids are just phenomenal mate. Haven’t seen one yet that I’ve learned something new. Keep it up bro, got yourself a new subscriber right here.....I am abysmal at math, but I’ve even been enjoying your let’s do the math vids as well!!!

[@MikeAben]

Thanks. The game never stops teach me stuff too.

[@ReynaldoJAbreuR74]

I never "clicked" much with Manley's style, and I'm a fan of Lowne's designs and solutions - but his videos are not always easy to follow. Aben on the other hand, is so thorough, patient, structured and knowledgeable that he is unrivalled. His playlists are a invaluable compendium that can be approached as proper study material.

[@taryneast]

Thank you so much for these videos. Several years ago I quit KSP because I failed (over and over again) to figure out how to do one of these rendezvous missions (getting sooo close and yet so far). Today I managed my first successful one. Much appreciated.

[@sylargray8913]

This video is honestly dope. Great explanation of orbital docking and Rendezvous. been struggling for so long and now im finally starting to get it with this video.

[@MikeAben]

It's certainly not intuitive, but once you get it, it isn't very difficult.

[@aaronjohnson951]

Finally able to get to duna but man, an orbital rendezvous seems so much more difficult (still having trouble). These videos truly help, i actually take notes in a notepad and study like this was school

[@nuniq02]

22:02 On console it’s LB+D-Pad ‘←’ and ‘→’ to cycle to nearby vessels.

[@spaghettinoodles7913]

Dude. You are the best. I was failing but just rewatching the video and following every single step micromanaged it worked out. Thank you dude

[@Laptop46]

Thanks to you I was able to do a rendezvous properly even though I had not put RCS thrusters on either of the ships.

[@HonkLord]

I used this guide when I learned how to dock for the first time, and then I used it again a couple of years later when I got back into the game and had to re-learn everything again! This is the best guide I've found, nothing else comes close!

[@fish_stick4007]

Just did my first ever dock with your tutorial. Thank you this tutorial it is by far the best one I’ve seen and I’ve seen at least 4-5 1 hour long tutorials

[@bautistamercader4737]

The video I had been searching for since june 2020

[@nemeija]

Your guides are the best I have ever seen anywhere. You explain everything so well!! Started playing a couple of days ago and just landed my first vessel on Minmus. Cheers!

[@nathangibbs89]

I am an experienced kerbalnaught myself but I am glad you are making updated videos for people who are new to the community. Keep up the excellent work!

[@ICodeMonkey]

Just wanted to say thanks for this video. Got KSP2 recently. I watched this video like 3 times and with some trial (and lots of error) was finally able to dock 2 vessels in orbit around Kerbin. Thank you!

[@The12thDimensions]

Your videos are just ridiculously clear and helpful. I actually feel like I’m understanding what I’m doing and why and that’s letting me improve so much at the game.

[@Buttersaemmel]

Not only explaining what to do but also why and which effects it creates, this way the viewer doesn't learn what to do for this very specific case but actually understands why you're doing what you're doing and thusfore can use this knowledge instead of just blindly following along. Thank you for these tutorials, even 2 years later they're helping new kerbalnauts to survive!

[@mef9327]

I have probably over a thousand hours in KSP (several hundred in the last month or two) and didn't know the maneuver graphic screen (10:13) could adjust the timing of the burn. Also, I knew I could roll the mouse wheel over the Pro/Retro/Normal/Radial icons or drag them but didn't know they could simply be clicked for precision adjustments. The only problem with such a great channel is deciding which video to watch next.

[@MikeAben]

I'm still finding new things too.

[@HarshSingh-qm4wn]

The simplest explaination for docking. Amazing. I was looking for this since a very long time

[@combatgamerTV]

I spent most of my afternoon yesterday trying to figure out exactly how to do this. I’ve been playing KSP 2 and the tutorials are great but they don’t explain these concepts. With your video, im now going to launch another station and try to rendezvous with it. Great video!

[@aarons1234]

This is a really solid tutorial, most of the other ones I've seen tend to make Rendezvous sound more complicated then it is. Once you've done it a few times it's quite a robotic process, as well as docking.

[@UNrideCZE]

thank you so much for this tutorial youre probably the only one ive ever watched that explained this clearly enough for me to understand

[@soapdood2085]

This specific topic has been killing me till I really really watched what you did, thank you so much for this.

[@chris-dd6uq]

I got this game in 2017. It literally took a whole year before I was able to successfully complete my first rendezvous and dock.

[@MikeAben]

Yeah. It's not intuitive and the game doesn't make it easy.

[@renatinn]

Just in time! I was going to rescue some Kerbals 😂 Thank you!

[@patient4047]

Usefull tip: if you are catching up with your target you need to burn around the prograde marker. Its the exact opposite of the retrograde one, instead of pushing it away you will pull it too you. Im saying this because I spent like 30 minutes reloading saves because I was burning around the retrograde marker and kept increasing my intercept.

[@totallyrealcat4800]

Thank you so much! You helped me save Jeb and Bob from being stranded in a weird orbit around the Mun

[@djdillpickle4451]

Mike. You the man. Love the videos, please keep it up. I wouldn't have figured this out without you! You are by far my favorite KSP youtuber, and that's facing some steep competition.

[@josh.299]

Thanks so much!! You deserve so many more subscribers - this and your other videos are so helpful! I have managed to rescue Bill and Bob from my space station. Prefer your channel to people like Matt Lowne's as you explain every step in detail so anyone can understand. Thanks again and keep up the great work :)

[@goldenbananas1389]

you sir are, the first ever person to make tutorial that allowed me to actually rendezvous. now it is just a mater of practice for me. you channel has also given me a few nice tips to make things i already could do more efficient.

[@xblade56478645]

Damn man. This is wayyy more efficient than what I've been doing. I'm going to rendezvous with everything now.

[@joebutler1341]

Thank you. I know the vid is two years old but last night I spent over an hour and who knows how many reloads to try and rendezvous in orbit, in the end the little guy did a 2.5km space walk. Saw your vid this morning and got it first time.

[@samael4550]

Just finding this channel after coming back to this game for the first time in years. I never really got into it, so I may as well be a brand new player. You are by far the best tutorial channel, not only for this game, but honestly out of any of the tutorials I've watched for any game. I feel like you're a teacher, and if you're not, you should be lol. I know this is an old vid but I'll probably be watching thru most of them .. thank you for the help, great work

[@IronWolf307]

Want to say thank you very much for these guides. As a new console player I struggled my first two days, even with other guides, then the third day I found your tutorials and had my first successful orbit and on the 4th day I made it into an orbit around the moon and successfully got back. Also created and flew my first airplane, still can't land properly but more practice should help. Now I'm struggling to get rendezvous down so I can rescue some kerbals stuck in orbit. Got yourself a quick sub from me.

[@BillyOrBobbyOrSomething]

I hate to admit this but I’ve landed on every planet in KSP and still haven’t successfully completed a rendezvous in orbit 😂

[@serg_sel7526]

Because it is counter-intuitive thing: You have to slow down to go faster and speed up to go slower relative to your target.

[@vincentwren8486]

You sound just like the guy from Khan Academy!! Great video!

[@ManicCow]

Oh God your right

[@Blurgert]

true

[@MrRockstarSocial]

You just saved 2 of my Kerbals, one on the Mun and one orbiting the mun... Thanks a TON !!!! Great channel I subbed!

[@TommyH03]

this is honestly the best video ive watched for this. from the bottom of my heart thank you so much. i never thought i'd get to this stage, i thought i would just ignore this part of the game, very very very helpful mate! i come to every video of yours when i want to know how to do something! thanks again!

[@7417dmccai]

Video production is a 5 star! Between the tips, and previous video references this is a great educator.

[@SwivetZip]

This video saved my life i have to go to a satellite half way between minmus and the mun and i would never be able to reach it without this vid

[@SolitudeXII]

Thanks for helping me. I saved the kerbals I stranded on duna almost who were there for almost 10 kerbal years lol. You have gotten my like and sub :D

[@ALuMiiNuM]

I just Saved Maxburry with your help! Thanks for a great and simple to understand tutorial that got me a successful mission in only 1 try!!! Also I watch all your other episodes as well now for great knowledge! Keep up the hard work man.

[@robertbarczykowski574]

This is better at rendezvous explanation than the actual Training Mission. Thanks dude! ;)

[@nightwolf7231]

22:14 This game Pumps my Adrenaline even when watching others play.

[@juphikie3559]

I haven't played this game in a wile, got back into it, and you have guided me to my first orbital dock, granted it's to deorbit a large booster but still, got it done!

[@MrSpruce]

Thank you very much. After a lot of quick saving, I was able to dock a ship to my refuelling station with 9.91 units of liquid fuel remaining!

[@Trigger_ac]

Thank you very much. I played KSP for years now and have some expierence, but i never tried to do a rendezvous. Your Guide helped me a lot! Gained my sub :D

[@NBATIPS]

DON'T LIKE TO SAY THIS BUT this is the best rendezvous vid i have ever watched and i have watched a lot thanks

[@RickFishUK]

Very helpful video, thanks! No idea why you don't have more subs that you, I hope your channel grows as much as it deserves.

[@Gouuui2]

Because of you I was able to do my first mission to expand my space station. I originally forgot an antenna so I was able to fix my station.

[@Adam-wr8lp]

You honestly have the best ksp tutorials out there!

[@MikeAben]

Thanks

[@qvvas]

Wow, thank you for creating this video. I had problems with intercepting other vessels but you have explained it in such an easy manner that i had no problems undestanding it.

[@jamesf2697]

The very best video I ever have seen on rendezvous and maneuver node.

[@ToreDL87]

Didn't know about that fine tuning, much obliged for that! I couldn't master your method after intersect though, way too much back and forth, so I asked a friend and he told me to just keep the stranded ship selected as target, bring up relative velocity just over the navball, and simply retro for vel = 0m/s at closest intersect. That way you get the same velocity, PE, and AP, orbit, etc, immediate results. No back and forth burning all over the place like you are doing here.

[@benjaminhartmann4522]

Wow I did it! thanks so much, great video! Had to watch it 3 times to understand everything, had the problem that my orbit was not on point so every time I reduced the speed relativ to target my distance to it got higher. In the end I figured it out, with your help =)

[@inversevoltage]

I just did three separate rendezvous' today and I got all of my target approaches down to .2 km using the radial and normal nodes in addition to the prograde, retrograde, and time nodes. It really helps to fine tune the distance. After that, you can use monopropellant. I didn't even have to use any extra monopropellant tanks, just 3 or 4 of the 10 units that were in the capsule.

[@traditurmachina3193]

Thanks for explaining it in depth. I’ve always used orbit cheats for my orbit assembly space stations. Now I know how to do it legit.

[@muscalaur6807]

I would have never been able to do it without your tutorial! Thank you!

[@Freak80MC]

Not sure why I'm watching this since I just played KSP and did three rendezvous all from memory of how it's done and without any maneuver nodes unlocked but it's still fun to watch and maybe I'll learn something new heh EDIT: I love your "herd the retrograde marker" remark. That's a brilliant way to think of it.

[@MikeAben]

I'll be honest. I heard that from someone else first.

[@Freak80MC]

@@MikeAben Still a good thing to teach to other people! I might even begin using this, I know pretty well how burning will affect where the prograde and retrograde markers will go, but it takes me a split second of thinking, whereas this herding analogy might stick in my brain for use much more faster in situations.

[@Freak80MC]

@@MikeAben But I feel as if all this rendezvous stuff will be pretty important when I start trying to land at specific locations (at least on bodies without atmospheres, I've been trying to land back at the KSC and no such luck, closest I got was the same continent. I think I may have to bite the bullet and just download the trajectories mod to help me out, since atmospheric stuff is super complicated, way above anything I could figure out)

[@MikeAben]

@@Freak80MC Trajectories is great. For unpowered descents, I'm happy enough just landing in the ocean east of the KSC.

[@drewcipher896]

I did the solar repair mission and was fighting the angled orbit and it was such a pain to finally get there, smash my kerbal into the satellite... then I found out there weren't repair kits in my inventory! (idk if I didn't save before launch or what) But after watching this video I think it will be much less painful to rendezvous next time. thanks! That bit about herding is suuuuper helpful.

[@tjh__]

No idea how you're supposed to play this game without your vids. Thank you.

[@spatrk6634]

thats only downside of KSP. its not friendly towards new players. they did implement some tutorial but i havent played it and i doubt it helps people anyway. 90% of people that got into KSP needed in depth youtube tutorials.

[@redburningice]

@@spatrk6634 the KSP tutorials are horrible. They don't really try to explain stuff, they just tell you to do somtime 'based on this exact pattern'. So you'll learn how to do stuff one way, but struggle greatly when just one thing isn't the same anymore.

[@tomrog24]

Exactly what I needed. Ended up doing a very high orbit rendevous, but I somehow got the two ships close enough to touch!

[@ramdomguyfiftychars]

Every once in a while I pick up this game and run through your tutorials again to get back in space

[@hertzbergjoakim]

This channel is grossly underrated Subbed

[@AuddieD]

Even though these are a couple of years old, I still appreciate them.

[@deadmqreaper]

I figured it out after watching both your videos. Appreciate it.

[@NezzNHLive]

omg this is a holy grail, thank you

[@stulio1217]

Hands down the best KSP tutorial videos. Thanks!

[@sjfortune]

Hey Mike, like alot of people say, your videos and delivery are better than the top KSP YTbers. Thankyou. Have you done, or could you do, a video on efficient orbital maneuvers/rendezvous?

[@MikeAben]

You'd have to be more specific. I've got a few rendezvous videos covering different situations and videos covering different maneuvers in orbit. There's a link to this whole playlist in the description, or you can go to my channel page for more videos.

[@ZoeSummers1701A]

Spectacularly useful tutorial, thank you so much, Mike.

[@duneydan7993]

Thank you so much! I've finally succeded even after being out of Monopropelnant!

[@rocket0657]

Awesome video as always, don’t stop, unless you want.

[@blackdog6969]

Massively appreciated this vid. Playing on xbox atm so still some learning to do control-wise but this helps a lot

[@06racing]

The KSP2 devs need you to do their tutorials.

[@serge3396]

thank you a LOT! I was so struggling with the rendezvous trying to eyeball those..

[@grinchesccj9032]

holy shit man, i have yet to find a better tutorial on Rendezvous, thanks a lot fella!

[@lifeforcegaming2136]

Thank you I have struggled for a while to figure it out myself

[@finnmonaghan396]

thank you so much i had a mission with no idea how to complete it

[@voxlvalyx]

No disrespect to Matt Lowne and the like but I appreciate how non-rambly these videos are. It feels like you're actually being told the information by somebody who knows how to teach.

[@danscava]

Your videos are great, very informative and at a good pace.

[@MikeAben]

Thanks.

[@bautistamercader4737]

Yesteday I Finally upgraded the capsule and I docked them, even thou there was a bug which didn't allowed me to use trim so I made it with the capsule engines. THANKS.

[@MikeAben]

Well done! That's not easy.

[@gofastER]

I wrote a long winded comment about how I have over a hundred hours in the game but still couldn’t rescue bob after stranding him in orbit when I first started playing. I spoke too soon. Just got him! I honestly wasn’t sure if I was going to be able to do it.

[@poncie4444]

Thanks Mike, I was having lots of trouble. You do a very good job at explaining.

[@jamalsiddique1362]

10/10 video best ksp tutorials on yt by farrrrrrrrr

[@subnauticaboss3929]

THANK YOU! I was able to get really close to the target craft and the moment I got like 20 meters from it I ran out of electricity lol, I had the RCS though.

[@adiabeticjedi3278]

Yes late to the game and videos again, but one thing I feel I need to mention. I love how you zoom your capture into the compass. I wish we could enlarge our in game compass my default. Like as a standard feature.

[@guntruckfella653]

The way that you talks reminds me of a Khan Academy video, and the quality of the education in this video makes that appropriate

[@travisjones-mcgrath4552]

GREAT tutorial thank you all the others are low quality. FANTASTIC !!

[@JoeVSvolcano]

Wow, I learned something! and to think, I did this the hard way using my eyeballs last week...

[@bassett_green]

Just caught up on the series, these are great!

[@teddyvabson]

Thank you, i was having so much trouble with this. Very good explanation, you got my like and Sub!