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Autoascent with negative inclination circularizes the wrong way #2048

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MechJeb Version 2.15.1.0

KSP Version 1.12.5.3190 (windows)

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Performing an autoascent requesting a negative inclination request results in a mistaken circularization burn with high deltaV cost.
It seems to try to make a +20 degree final orbit when one requested a -20 degree orbit for instance.

Replication Case

Tested with a clean install using only MJ2 and community fixes.
I had a simple test rocket using these ascent settings:
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Ascent had no issues, but during coasting, the circularization burn offered by Mechjeb was this:
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One could suspect a sign error or an 'abs()' missing somewhere. The march version of MJ2 did not have this issue. Positive inclination launches have no issues.

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