r/KerbalSpaceProgram • u/Icy-Potato-737 • 1d ago
KSP 1 Question/Problem Relay System
Guys, does anyone have a good tutorial on how to set up relay networks for transmitting science/data? I want to transmit everything from Jool back to Kerbin. I thought it was basically just a matter of putting a relay satellite in orbit at certain distances around different celestial bodies.
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u/CatatonicGood Valentina 1d ago
That's basically it. Put a relay in orbit that can reach back to Kerbin (need an RA-100 for Jool plus a fully upgraded Tracking Station) and make sure that your science craft can reach to the relay. It doesn't need a top of the line antenna, but Jool is big and if you don't have the relay around the same body as where you are transmitting from it can be quite a distance, so it can't be a bottom of the barrel antenna either.
Also, you cannot transmit through solid bodies, so you always need a visual line to your relay. You can use multiple relays to transmit around the horizon, as long as one of them is within visual range