Kerbal Space Program

[Red October1984]

Originally Posted by Raptor1

Returning from orbit is pretty simple. Just keep enough fuel in supply to lower your periapsis to a point within the atmosphere and drag should do the rest. If you have trouble with re-entry, try using shallower angles or SAS to keep the heat shield in place. You can also use drogue and normal chutes to slow you down pretty effectively before the rocket burns up.

The problem is that I never have quite enough fuel to get into a proper orbit that I can return from. A few missions back, I managed to get one into a circular orbit only to run out of fuel. I had to terminate that one.

I'm going to test out a new design after work today. We'll see how it goes.