Orbiter 2010 - [Part 3] Absolute Beginner Guide - Plane Alignment 1
196This video was recorded Thursday, June 6, 2013
Playlist for the Absolute Beginner Guide series: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPu_SHPaJzs4e1NfhY8jxPGgk5S4duEql
About the launch heading. If the orbital plane is coming up out of the south and going north, then you should take off and fly to 43 degrees. If it's coming down out of the north and going south, you should take off and fly to 137 degrees.
If you want to understand a bit more about the Launch Heading, you can check out Part 9 of this series before moving on to Part 4.
Here's the link for Part 9: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffOQBB8A3ok
If you want to know the technical details for calculating the launch heading, you can read about it here: http://www.orbiterwiki.org/wiki/Launch_Azimuth
Several people have already taken the time to make easy-to-use launch azimuth calculators where all you have to do is pick your target and pick your launch site, and the calculator will figure out the launch heading for you.
One of the more simple to use calculators can be found here: http://orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=4518
Another good one is the Space Calculator V2: http://orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=5757
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