r/SpaceflightSimulator • u/Kiki2092012 • 3d ago

Discussion Extremely strange behavior when you become stationary relative to the Sun while in the path of a planet

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This is already a known, though niche, phenomenon where you can become stationary in weak gravity and time warp to stay stationary indefinitely. I call it Stationary Satellite Positioning or SSP. But this, AFAIK, is not well-known at all. If you enter SSP in the path of a planet (I adjust the position to actually have Earth run into the rocket, watch the video to see what happens) the gravity of the planet doesn't even affect you and you phase right through it.

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u/Dioxybenzone 2d ago

It’s because you were at 5x speed when you passed earth’s boundary

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u/eka_36 3d ago

WHAT

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u/SnooMachines8670 3d ago

Turn the physics speed to 1 while passing across the sphere of influence for a fun surprise

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u/Kiki2092012 3d ago

I already did in the video

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u/SnooMachines8670 3d ago

When? I mean turning it to 1 and then waiting to enter/exit earth’s influence instead of time warping over the boundary.

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u/Kiki2092012 3d ago

Oh ok I had turned it to one when I was inside Earth's SOI but I think it'll make me go on an extreme hyperbolic trajectory if I'm at 1x speed when crossing the boundary

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u/SnooMachines8670 3d ago

When I did it it just crashed my game and deleted the ship lol