Are there any add-on craft or modified autopilot abilities that allow for this?
Specifically, I want to obtain a circular LEO with a velocity higher than the Earth's gravity alone will allow by using thrust towards the Earth's center to assist in the acceleration required.
More specifically, I would like the additional acceleration provided by the thrust to equal 9.81 m/s or thereabouts for the purpose of simulating the gravity on Earth's surface.
Most simply I guess this could be accomplished by doing an upside-down H-level in a ship with powerful hover thrusters, but I would also like to see it done with the mains on a ship built like a skyscraper.
The default autopilot is probably not accurate enough to maintain such an orbit for very long, so are there any ships/space stations/autopilot mods out there made for this specific purpose? Thanks for any help.
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Also, I realize a thrust-assisted slow orbit would work fine for large bodies such as Jupiter where the acceleration from gravity would be greater than 9.81 m/s at a low altitude, but who wants to orbit Jupiter anyways, and going fast is cooler than going slow.
Specifically, I want to obtain a circular LEO with a velocity higher than the Earth's gravity alone will allow by using thrust towards the Earth's center to assist in the acceleration required.
More specifically, I would like the additional acceleration provided by the thrust to equal 9.81 m/s or thereabouts for the purpose of simulating the gravity on Earth's surface.
Most simply I guess this could be accomplished by doing an upside-down H-level in a ship with powerful hover thrusters, but I would also like to see it done with the mains on a ship built like a skyscraper.
The default autopilot is probably not accurate enough to maintain such an orbit for very long, so are there any ships/space stations/autopilot mods out there made for this specific purpose? Thanks for any help.
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Also, I realize a thrust-assisted slow orbit would work fine for large bodies such as Jupiter where the acceleration from gravity would be greater than 9.81 m/s at a low altitude, but who wants to orbit Jupiter anyways, and going fast is cooler than going slow.