Astrogator

A space-navigational aide for Kerbal Space Program.

See all the transfers that you could choose from your current location at a glance, including the time till the burn and delta V, and turn them into maneuvers with one click.

See the README in the download for installation and usage instructions.

See the README in the Localization folder for instructions for adding or improving translations for languages other than English.

Download

The latest version is available on Github.

How to donate

Building

1. Install mono
2. If you don’t have Steam, make Source/KSP_Data a symbolic link to your game’s KSP_Data folder
3. make

References

Plug-in authoring

• https://kerbalspaceprogram.com/api/index.html
• https://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/index.php?/topic/153765-getting-started-the-basics-of-writing-a-plug-in/
• https://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/index.php?/topic/151354-unity-ui-creation-tutorial/
• https://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/index.php?/topic/149324-popupdialog-and-the-dialoggui-classes/
• https://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/index.php?/topic/78231-application-launcher-and-mods/
• https://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/index.php?/topic/154006-solved-texture-issues/&do=findComment&comment=2904233

Localization

• https://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/index.php?/topic/158018-addon-localization-home/

Physics and math

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hohmann_transfer_orbit
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbital_speed#Precise_orbital_speed
• https://www.reddit.com/r/KerbalAcademy/comments/35wtv1/how_do_i_calculate_phase_and_ejection_angle/crf3kc4/
• https://www.bogan.ca/orbits/kepler/orbteqtn.html
• https://d2r5da613aq50s.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/411616.image0.jpg
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbital_inclination_change#Calculation
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperbolic_trajectory#Hyperbolic_excess_velocity
• https://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a200383.pdf
• https://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/index.php?/topic/122779-changing-orbital-angle-without-changing-apoapsis/
• https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/Orbit1.svg

Performance

• https://www.somasim.com/blog/2015/04/csharp-memory-and-performance-tips-for-unity/
• https://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/index.php?/topic/142712-devnote-tuesday-smashing-buttons/&do=findComment&comment=2653161

Credits, acknowledgements, and dedication

Special thanks to all those who have helped to translate Astrogator to other languages!

Language	Translators
Spanish	Iván (hashashin), Deltathiago98
Chinese	QAQdong
Russian	Niev, Sooll3
French	valens

• AN/DN logic and plane change calculations borrowed from MechJeb
• Phase angle logic and some icons borrowed from Kerbal Alarm Clock
• .gitignore borrowed from Transfer Window Planner
• csproj file adapted from Transfer Window Planner and Craft Import
• r4m0n for making it easy to find plane change nodes
• TCShipInfo for figuring out the tracking station API
• Main app icon modified from https://fontawesome.io/icon/map/
• Close X icon under Apache 2 license from https://material.io/icons/#ic_close and modified
• Back icon under Apache 2 license from https://material.io/icons/#ic_chevron_left
• ProjectGuid generated by https://www.guidgenerator.com/online-guid-generator.aspx
• Kepler, Hohmann, Tsiolkovsky, and Oberth for giving us the math
• In admiration of Sailing Master Kevin Renner