Thank you for the feedback! You make a great point with KSP, I probably should've researched how those systems work before I made mine lol. I intended the very top progress bar to signify how close the player is to orbit, but it didn't end up working well since the way I programmed it makes it significantly more dependent on horizontal velocity rather than altitude. So it only starts going up later in the flight when the rocket becomes more horizontal.
But I really appreciate the feedback, these will be the first problems I address if I ever get back to this game. :)