Kerbal Space Program Tutorial Building a Space Station Part 1

[@inkandesk]

I just want to thank you for making your original tutorials (yes ancient I know) but they were the first things I saw when I looked for tutorials about a year ago. I had just bought the game after seeing jacksepticeye play it, and I was garbage, I just about gave up on it until I found the old tutorials and I loved them and this channel and now I was honestly shocked watching another youtuber play ksp, and he was doing some things to build a minus base and doing terribly. But it kind of did the opposite of humbling me, I'm so used to watching Matt lowne and tape gaming play and do these amazing things and feeling like I'm a garbage ksp player, now I feel a lot better and I feel like recognizing where the majority of those skills came from, your tutorials and videos! I just wanted to say thanks, double thanks if you read all that lol, and that you're an awesome channel.

[@inkandesk]

Also I'm just now realizing the other day I put a station core in orbit with an ssto, I may be better than I judge myself as. (it was only like a 2.5 ton core so I guess, not *really* a Matt lowne level of skill but hey I designed it myself too!)

[@Orb8Ter]

CZane Thanks a lot pinning this comment 😎 I started the tutorials because every other tutorial I found assumed you knew everything like gravity turn and they show of their brilliant designs, even I got flustered at my lack of progress so I decided make everything simple to understand. I'm glad that people find these helpful I just decided they needed updating as the game keeps changing 😉

[@Orb8Ter]

CZane The fact that you can build an ssto and build a space station with it means you have advanced the only difference is Matt scales them up, keep it up man 😎

[@inkandesk]

Orb8Ter I had to stop watching this after I made this comment a few days ago and just remembered about it and the further I watch the more I reminisce and get those nostalgic feelings of pausing, doing whatever you're doing in the video, repeat. I feel younger even though I saw the old ones only a year or so ago 😂. I don't even know what more to say but I'm insanely happy you're continuing on with this channel, I'm sticking around for sure!

[@landondosch7841]

CZane Iiiiiii

[@xavier1964]

I built this and it was the first time I ever docked. It was so satisfying. Thankyou

[@seanplayz9626]

Congrats dude💯 docking is one of the hardest things to do and if you can do that you can do anything

[@arcaipekyun4232]

SeanPlayz gravity assists are much harder

[@cathyerinandaidan8206]

@@arcaipekyun4232 *ONE* of the hardest

[@arcaipekyun4232]

Cathy Erin and Aidan dude said -if you can do that you can do anything but one probably won’t be able to do chain gravity assists even after that

[@eerryyk7772]

@@arcaipekyun4232 jesus it was just a wholesome comment why are you so picky

[@TheRealLaughingGravy]

Something I always like to put on my stations (and ships) are lights. It's a lot easier to dock on the night side if you can see your target. I also like to illuminate the docking ports on stations with different colored lights - green for 2.5 ports and red for 1.25 ports. Makes it a lot easier to pick the correct port since I use ships of both sizes,

[@seanplayz9626]

That's pretty smart I might start doing that

[@AstixGamerYT]

For the first time in my KSP history I finally got 1 part attatched to a Space Station Core thanks to you Orb8Ter. In fact it was the first time I even got below 500M distance of the core! It was a pain to get it dock, ended with 19 Monopropellant left after it. Thank you for the guide, you're the best!

[@Orb8Ter]

+Astix Gamer Awesome work dude! Glad this helps as took even me ages to get Rendezvous and docking right 😁

[@howtocameronsyoungerbrothe5837]

Astix Gamer Don't worry, it will get easier if you practice a lot.

[@ValidT]

@@ineedaname8105 Always terminate your space junk after you're done.

[@Selatapey]

I’m a newer player and watching people slap rockets together so quickly just amazes me

[@cmbaz1140]

I have been playing for years and have just learned to dock... I have yet to land on the mun... i am building space stations all the time its really fun seeing it slowly grow part by part... Not using rcs and having tuggs up there makes things really easy...for me at least ... You gotta try different things ..

[@yesseru]

@@cmbaz1140 Yeah, it took me a while to get to the mün for the first time, by the second time it was definitely easier, then by the third time it was just routine. Same thing with docking, it just sorta clicks and then you just become a pro.

[@ruskiwaffle1991]

It took me four months to learn how to get to the mun and two years more to learn docking. Really sad honestly.

[@sabertoothgaming8988]

*me:* "ok lets try this" gets to 0:14 *me:* "you lost me, never mind ill stick to running around kerbin" ahah good tutorial though, learnt quite a lot ahaha

[@ryanelhaje9908]

Orb8ter I have watched your channel grow so much and just want to say keep up the great work. I know I'm not someone you really know, but I think I speak for alot of people when I say I'm proud of you and what you've accomplished.

[@Orb8Ter]

MagneticTacos WithSalsa Lol I remeber adding magnetic taco You Kerbal Quest 😀 Thanks I am grateful that people find my videos help or entertaining, I will try to keep it up 😉

[@triplea007]

The rendezvous instructions are superb. This is by far the best method out there and it's so easily explained.

[@qd7260]

After just getting KSP and not having a remote clue what I'm doing, this tutorial is extremely helpful!

[@moritzabel60]

I just want to thank you, I searched so long for a video that explains how to build this, and this video is just perfect

[@omegasupream8701]

You are an amazing teacher space buddy !!! I just got into orbit around minmuns and landed on the mun. So a space station and comunication arey is my next goal.

[@wobbinwiwwiams1055]

Even after watching this video 6 times to try learn how to dock, still cant do it. GG

[@Orb8Ter]

Don't worry even NASA had problems when they tried docking that's why they use computers these days

[@wobbinwiwwiams1055]

after doing some experiments i believe i wasnt connecting to the docking port because i had scaled it up with a mod, when i hadnt scaled up the one on my ship. the two ports looked the same but i guess they want to be the exact same size to connect lol...

[@austinsheffield5158]

Use MechJeb

[@delta9827]

NASA totally used Mech Jeb. They did not do it them selves.

[@thecoolguy7403]

take it slow. stop when you get near it ( 250m ish make sure you are on target mode) never pass 5m/'s within 400m because it might be hard to stop. try the tutorial in game. ( I'm not a pro and just learned how to do this recently and have only done 3 dockings out of 4 trys

[@Neurotripsicks]

I absolutely love your channel man. Please do more of these! You are so fun to watch play and you explain everything very well and clear. I am almost ready to build the second part! Hyped!

[@yaboi542]

Thx man this video HELPED ME SO MUCH

[@SirJonathanTPunkbottom]

Man, I wish I'd watched this last night, before I launched my first space station modules. I never thought to empty out fuel tanks to use and attach docking ports to. Great videos dude. Keep 'em coming!

[@Orb8Ter]

Mark Smith Thanks took me a bit of time to realise that you can use the tanks as structural parts as well, i was just using the smaller docking port attachment parts 😎

[@SirJonathanTPunkbottom]

Orb8Ter I went ahead and tried it for the next module. Works like a treat. Nice one dude!

[@Orb8Ter]

Awesome Man 😎

[@delta9827]

Kerbals can transfer through literally anything. Batteries, Fully fueled tanks and docking ports of coarse

[@pixelplayground8919]

Your docking guide is still better than any other. Thanks!

[@itznate08]

Thank you so so much! I was having a lot of trouble with docking and all of it really. You definitely have my like.

[@Tuna1992]

i know this video is really old but i cant thank you enough, the first time i dock i was so happy, Thank you sooooooo much

[@carcollerote8121]

dude,you helped me a lot,i still have to try,but now i know at least how to do it

[@OakspiritGames]

that is such a great idea with the rockomax tanks making the docking bit

[@Orb8Ter]

Thanks its still patent pending XD

[@TycoonMK]

i like your video, I really enjoyed it, thank you

[@Michukp]

Thank you so much, you are the one who told me how to dock you are the person who got me started on ksp!

[@Asmodeuslover]

How much did Rockomax pay you for this

[@jamiemyers4696]

When taking-off click on the staging tab of your current stage (on the orange bit) then keep taking out thrust to keep your TWR ratio at 1.5.... this is the most efficient accent

[@sejalmodi8538]

Your video helped me dock my ship

[@bruhmoment_24]

Really helpful! I've been struggling to dock anything in ksp but thanks to you i now know how. Great video as well!

[@michagrill9432]

*WHOOOOOHOOOOOO* I docked for the first time in my life!!! Thanks to you! :D Although the controls are super weird as I controlled a ship with RCS for the first time and because of that I needed a fiew tries... *BUT I DID IT!!!* :-D 😄😄😄🤗

[@Orb8Ter]

Micha Grill Awesome work don't worry took me 2 days before I got used to the controls 😉

[@michagrill9432]

Orb8Ter Well then... about 5 hours more raging... yaaay😩 Why are these controls so weird? 😂

[@michagrill9432]

Orb8Ter *WHOOOHOO* Today I did my first slingshot-manouvre to Minmus! It was so accurate I had to correct it because I would've collided with Minmus! XD

[@michagrill9432]

Orb8Ter Ok now i'm pissed of. The first time, I forgot to put a probe control on my module to even control it, the second time I forgot the docking port so I couldn't dock, the third time the dockingport somehow disasembled with the seperator and the fourth time I ran out of electricity! Now i'm _really_ pissed of! Lol >.

[@nexus4151]

Micha Grill Congrats! :D

[@Tylerw1231]

Thank you. This helped me a lot.

[@gnas1897]

Thank you so much, i finished the first part. I will leave the second one for tomorrow. Ok actually i crashed xxd

[@thatgamer4354]

I recomend for those who build in the newer updates like 2022 use auto strut instead of struts that makes it weight less. Enable it in settings, the auto should be at heaviest parts. Make sure do it eith the whole rocket

[@a77e94]

Finally I know how to dock. This was the first time I got what you meant...

[@LinktheChicken]

It took me 4 hours to put one space station part but thanks for the space station model it help me find out how to make a space station ps I only put one part in so far I still have more to come

[@psvialli]

Great Tut many thanks have just made my first ever docking soooo chuffed this Realy helped me !

[@gamingavi3756]

Thanks , couz of u I learned how to dock. Love youuu 😃😃😃😃

[@macgyver.219]

How did you manage to control the second vessel? Where is a control unit?

[@rradical4714]

congratualitions on the 7k subs

[@evilwhatarethose]

I did my own style but this helped me dock so thanks, also for the rocket I just used a skipper for a second and mainsail, I'm practically already in orbit before second stage lol

[@lmao.3661]

Let's hope my first docking goes well lol EDIT: it's so easy and sooo hard at the same time and I keep brushing it by a few metres AAA

[@TheNecropolis20]

yeah me too im now at the part of the game were i got to dock ships and get into docking.. i bought the game on ebay in march of last year about a year ago and now its time to look into space stations, asteroid exploration and Duna and the rest of the worlds in the Kerbol solar system. ...

[@hop6649]

Jonathan Black hey! I just got the game! What do you think is funner and better, career or sandbox?

[@TheNecropolis20]

at Star Spotter - I mostly play career mode, just to complete missions. Sometimes i play sandbox mode just to test craft file designs see how well they fly and function.

[@hop6649]

Jonathan Black ok! Do you also make moon bases in career? If you even made one yet?

[@TheNecropolis20]

You do eventually build a moon base in career , i never really got that far. I have gotten close though. after you do the first 4 missions - gather science (i usually put the science guy Bob on the vessel), launch first vessel (i build the Flea it goes up to 10 or 15 KM up and then i deploy the chute), escape atmosphere (for this mission i cant use Flea cause it cant be sent to these heights and return safely), and then orbit Kerbin . the next missions are return to Kerbin from orbit and then flyby the Mun. after fly by the Mun im not sure what happens next, it might say fly by Minmus or it might say land on the Mun. if it does say land On the Mun make sure your astronaut complex is upgraded so you can plant a flag on the Mun.. after you get back to Kerbin i would just plan to build a base on the Mun near your flag site on the Mun. getting to the Mun is very easy.. also getting to Jool is easy because of Jools big gravity... getting to asteroids is very hard iv tried so hard to get to asteroids.

[@apolli_xi]

*FL-T800 Orb (The 200's are tiny) ;)

[@Orb8Ter]

Lol yes they are small XD

[@jannesbussing7885]

Great Tutorial! Thank You, it really helped me!

[@Shywolf2]

Me who tries to make zero mistakes because my computer is as slow as dell but runs out of fuel before getting into orbit:

[@tylerstevenson5504]

I ran out of monorepelent. great!

[@WickedScott]

Cool! I'll start building mine as soon as I rescue the 3 poor astronauts I have aimlessly orbiting the planet.

[@blazs2989]

Awesome tutorial and video! Keep up with the work!👍

[@JakeM4B]

i know i can only do sub-orbits by now in ksp but im planning on adding a space station around kerbin when i get my first orbit mission done. oh and of course there will be an escape pod in there. that escape pod will either be a pea capsule or pomegranate (if im correct with the naming). i'll use pomegranate if i have the tech in science mode

[@mbounjoum1989]

Very nice video, I really enjoyed it and learned a lot :) I was always wondering about how I could reach the orbit and make space station.

[@jakehewitt-cook4606]

Great vid, I’m new to the game and I need some help with getting things into an orbit. I can’t work out how to create nodes

[@planefan082]

I build stations like this too (except that I use mods for smoother hallways), but, WOW, that looks almost the same as ME designing a station! However I'm gonna build a new station though. Hopefully I'll do it well this time docking anything, as all my previous docking attempts have failed with my not understanding the rendezvous stock tutorials.

[@cxwx4025]

Do NOT forget to empty the rockomax fuel tanks that make up the core before launch... Trust me

[@zazo9312]

How you do that ???

[@Mrnemoishere]

@zazo9312 click on properties, then slide th liquid and oxidizer sliders down to 0

[@Squidcanady]

thank u for walking through it with us!

[@hesinshimla4705]

You do great videos man, but just one suggestion is that you go a bit slower when building the rocket cause its really hard to keep up with what your saying and doing at the same time. Thanks

[@jaredbrinzer4472]

Still struggling with docking and the orbits are not on the same inclination and if I try to edit the current one I only get so much time to meet with the target but by then its already drifting away

[@MrWilm]

Hold shift woth angle snap and it will be more presise while snapping

[@felfox1291]

I love your guides 👍

[@Orb8Ter]

Felfox 1 Thanks man 😎

[@felfox1291]

Orb8Ter you are nice man and i want to say thank you your guides makes me better at ksp and i like watching youre videos

[@felfox1291]

Orb8Ter and i wanna give you a quest make underwather base at kerbin or lathe

[@NineEyeRon]

One tip I learnt the hard way, inflatable air locks need Jr not standard size... I literally had my spaceplane resting on it and it wouldn’t join!

[@nihilism3328]

Im trying to do the first launch, but i cant get a periapsis over 60

How do you do to see the target like you do in 17:15? It doesn't appear for me

[@schnoig_]

João Leote double click it in the map I think

@@schnoig_ idk if that works, but now I use f4

[@mattsmith8160]

@9:27 trying to put the struts on with symmetry set to 4 doesn't work. The symmetry just instantly reverts back to 1 when it snaps on to the center of the adapter. I'm guessing there was an update some time between when this video was made and now that prevents that.

[@sirvinio]

you make the docking looks easy ;-;

[@Orb8Ter]

Mafia da Zuera lol thanks it's only because I've done it so many times and failed so many times as well before I got it right 😉

[@alexmalka1341]

Orb8Ter, I know that your being sarcastic when you say "worst engineer" but your the best that I've seen play KSP! Keep it up!

[@Orb8Ter]

Seargent Fluff Thanks I probably look at my failures more that what I accomplish but yes I am a good player at ksp 😁 So thank you for putting me straight 😎

[@leedavies5725]

Yeah another Welsh youtuber!

[@JoshuaJacque117]

YOOOOO YES I FINALLY DID A RENDEVOUS!

[@rektangel333]

Thanks a lot probably best tutorial ever for me

[@andrewmercer987]

Great video! But one thing everytime you were flying you sped it up, which meant that I couldn't keep up so I had to keep on putting my concentration on my phone to rewind it. Great video though!!

[@snatt8965]

Wait, I have everything from my science tree thing (I had enough science to complete it) and don't have the Rockomax brand decoupler. Is it a DLC thing, or no?

[@ChrisB01]

The rockomax decouplers are all stock, this video was from before the first DLC and none of the Dlc's add decouplers. However this is an older version of the Game so it could look different

[@RodentCowboy]

As me playing in 2022 thank you for the first station for the zamar kingdom

[@lindagatzke3166]

Thank you sooooo much! I spent most of today making my first single launch space station and I don't wanna use the big fairings because of weight, but if I don't use then the space station wiggles. Please sent tips for me.

[@bobboo101]

nice top-heavy rocket.

[@holtrixstudios]

it took me 4 tries to get into orbit with ur rocket, i changed it, to the kerbal X modified it to hold the iss, and took me 20 minutes to get a successful orbit, thank you

[@ronbird121]

a better tutorial than the tutorial

[@triplea007]

Is autostrut a mod? I never see that option when I right click on parts.

[@Code-002]

Did you turn on 'advanced tweakables in settings'?

[@schpo]

@@cobaliufloof4198 bruh no one cares

[@Code-002]

Wut?

[@OttoTheJebediah]

nope

[@yellowradiation1003]

@@cobaliufloof4198 He helped me at least

[@undreamingkc]

I don't get it. How do you control the first rocket after parking the station core. You don't have a probe core attached to it, and there's no pilot cabin!

[@FizzWasTaken]

There's a lot of items that you use which I don't have in my version! What do I do?

[@Orb8Ter]

All the parts i use are stock in the game but i build in sandbox mode so all the parts are available, also later updates the parts look different but they are the same

[@icecat3324]

Thanks it really helped

[@jpjukes]

i just used mechjeb while reading the comments section getting progressively more frustrated :D

[@Code-002]

Me doing the matt lowne style: well 1 ROCKET needed

[@Pixx08]

I see you are a man of culture

[@cathyerinandaidan8206]

Me too lol

[@rosechelmallari4305]

You have so great to teach i should subscribe to you

[@sharpsdark1271]

I used RTG's on the station core and it ended up costing 201,814 funds. Instead of 15,140. Oh and I used 8 RTG's 😄

[@ethanevans8869]

how do i control the main rocket once ive decoupled the space station part?

[@ChrisB01]

It works if you put a control unit on it

[@sparetomato]

Great tutorial, particularly the rendezvous. Been able to get closer and more aligned than I’ve ever done before. However, I was within 2m of the port, at 0.9m/s and all of a sudden the station moved away at 5 m/s and accelerating. Almost as if it was pushing against my craft rather than pulling it together. Are the docking port magnets backwards?

[@redpug5042]

How do i deorbit the final stage? It says there aren't any things that are controllable.

[@ChrisB01]

If you want to de-orbit the final stage you could put control units on it

[@micheldautremont4668]

Hello Thank you for your video on which I base myself to read the same thing step by step. I do not have all the same elements as you. What mods do you use in this video. Thank you

[@ZarkinDrife]

Hey orb8ter could you use that docking part that got the docking rings so you can make space station and stuff rather than use the fuel tanks and putting docking ports on them

[@castlecrasherproductions6074]

I know this is an old video but I can’t find the decoupler used in 2:33

[@yeetus5763]

I play on Xbox so it was a lot harder to make the first part so instead I used the rockomax hubmax multi point connecter and put rockomax brand adapter 02 on all sides

[@Basajaun10]

Hi nice videos im starting to play KSP now can you explain me how can you burn retrograde with those probe without a pilot or pilot system thx a lot

[@jedilordlog8543]

question: for the docking module could you use a crew cabin or structural fuselage instead of an empty fuel tank?

[@Orb8Ter]

You could do i use the fuel tanks for the centre docking module because you can mount them on the side of other tanks then rotate and reposition them so you can mount docking ports on them

[@jedilordlog8543]

Ok. Thanks for telling me

[@jedilordlog8543]

i was wondering if crew are able to get in thats all

[@Its_A_Van]

Great video! Very useful. Im just confused about what i am supposed to do if the mainsall engines run out of fuel first?

[@Its_A_Van]

Oh, i didnt see him add the fuel ducts. I am an idiot.

[@ryanwhitaker2088]

@@Its_A_Van I did the same thing, so I just waited until the boosters ran out after. Way less weight efficient, but it did the job

[@fehizoroandria6095]

what is the mod you used to control the rocket that was already decoupled?

[@Orb8Ter]

Normally you can aim camera at say the station while still controlling the rocket so its just the camera view thats changed

[@fehizoroandria6095]

Ohh thank you :D

[@timgrov3]

I still can’t figure this part out.

[@Eliasib93]

So the first part is in orbit, but when I try to launch the second rocket I lost the control. Maybe the top of it is heavy, any solutions? Great video btw.

[@Orb8Ter]

The easiest way is more powerful rocket for you launcher it helps keep control, the trick is to keep the rocket on the yellow prograde marker when launching keeping control is then a must for I use the Vernor Engine on the launch rocket for ridiculous sized rockets these work like RCS to keep control while launching, hope that helps some what ;D

[@Xxx_RND_RGNxxX]

How do you get the marker for the space station to show when you are so close because when set it as target, it never shows even when i am like 500 meters away

[@TheSatanicGamerFromHell]

The real problem with building a station is the rondevu part after you figure that out it is easy then you just have to not be lazy to get it to space the or use cheats

[@Joe-hl2ts]

Rendezvous*

[@saxyboi533]

Hey I have a question, can you transfer crew, or transfer fuel if your core is made of tanks?

[@Orb8Ter]

Andres Diaz You should be able to transfer them shouldn't matter that your core is a fuel tank just make sure there is a connection between the parts I think there are times you cant transfer, also may need to enable tweakables in main menu 😉

[@saxyboi533]

Orb8Ter yup I just tried that and it worked, thank you!!! Best tutorial I could ever find

[@inkandesk]

You know what this makes me want? Popcorn. Oh wait sorry I meant a remake of mining the mun! I loved that series and it could use an update

[@marksh1613]

Can you make a tutorial of how to land boosters?

[@coows]

MY ORBIT IS SO BAD. At least I got it to orbit.

[@ZincateDoesGaming]

i just downloaded the game can you do a video that shows you how to launch and the keybinds to launch

[@Nucleus-kg3cg]

Why do I have to be in a online class when i see this

[@hagrid6939]

correction, side boosters fl-t 800's not fl-t200's

[@GRasputin91]

There's a lot of technical stuff that went over my head. I have an extremely hard time with the rendezvous part. Gene Kerman doesn't explain very well.