Orbiter 2016 Space Flight Simulator Orbiter is a simulator that gives you an idea what space flight really feels like - today and in the not so distant future And best of all: you can download it for free! Launch the Space Shuttle from Kennedy Space Center and rendezvous with the International Space Station
Download - Orbiter Pick a download mirror and get the Orbiter 2016 core package, either as an MSI installer for guided installation, or ZIP archive for manual installation Follow the installation instructions Download mirror 1
FAQ - Orbiter Orbiter is a real-time 3D space flight simulator for the Windows PC The concept is similar to traditional flight simulator software, but you are not limited to atmospheric flight Orbiter allows you to experience manned and unmanned space flight missions from the pilot's perspective
News - Orbiter The latest version of Orbiter has been released on August 30, 2016 The new release provides support for elevation modelling of planetary surfaces, higher texture resolution for surfaces and cloud layers, including Landsat-based textures for Earth, and a host of other improvements to the physics and visualisation engines
Download - Orbiter Download and run to launch the MSI installer This will guide you through the installation process and install Orbiter as a standard Windows application It generates desktop button shortcuts, and provides an uninstall option
Orbiter - Links Schweiger M, Orbiter: A free spacecraft simulation tool, 2nd ESA Workshop on Astrodynamics Tools and Techniques, ESTEC, Noordwijk, 13-15 September 2004 Presentation: PDF [1 5MB], PowerPoint [2 1MB]
Beta installation - Orbiter Create a directory for your beta installation (it is strongly recommended not to install the beta version into an existing Orbiter 2016 installation directory) Check out the head revision from svn: svn orbiter-forum com orbiter If you are using Tortoise SVN, the easiest way to do this is via the File Explorer context menu:
Orbiter Download - Help Orbiter ships with an installer for the required runtime package Run the vcredist_x86 exe installer in the Install subfolder Alternatively, download the appropriate MSVCR90 runtime library from the Microsoft website
Textures - Orbiter The following table contains the original Mars high-resolution texture packs for Orbiter 2016 based on MOC MOLA THEMIS data They have been superseded by the HRSC MOC datasets in the table above and are only retained for reference
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