Orbiter Space Flight Simulator 2005

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Orbiter Space Flight Simulator 2005

• Presented By Chris Hoffman

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What is Orbiter?

• Flight/Space simulator which fully simulates
  atmospheric effects of planets as well as orbital
  mechanics.
• Allows you to fully simulate any past, present or
  future space mission.
• Takes hours away from your life!

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Features

• Simulate Space Shuttle Missions

From Launch!
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To the ISS
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Re-entry
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Tip of the Iceberg(Other Features)

• Re-Create early day space missions, including
  Apollo missions to the moon.

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• Modern day unmanned
• missions

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• Futuristic missions
• to Mars

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Visual Effects
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Applications to Orbital Mechanics

• Good way to visualize
• Actual orbits.
• All elements, eccentricity,
• etc. can be seen
• Interplanetary transfers

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• Ground Track maps
• Latitude, Longitude

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System Requirements

• Pentium III, 4 recommended or Equivalent AMD
  processor
• 128MB of RAM
• 3D Video Card

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How to Get it

• Its Free!
• http//www.medphys.ucl.ac.uk/martins/orbit/orbit.
  html
• Add-ons
• http//www.orbithangar.com/
• http//www.medphys.ucl.ac.uk/martins/orbit/sites.
  html

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The End!