Links
A. Orbiter-related sites
B. Useful space links
C. References
A. Orbiter-related sites
- Orbit Hangar Mods
The main repository of Orbiter addons. Extensive and frequently updated. Includes a chat room.
- Altea Aerospace
Doug's Orbiter page, home of the XR fleet and the XRSound sound module for Orbiter 2016.
- Dan's Orbiter page
Orbiter addons, including OrbiterSound and DG IV for Orbiter 2010. Including francophone forum and French documentation.
- FOI - Forum Orbiter Italia
Italian-language Orbiter forum. General Orbiter topics
- Meadville Space Center
Rob Conley's Orbiter Addon Repository and forum.
- Vinka's Orbiter site
Vinka's 3DS to Orbiter mesh converter. Home of spacecraft.dll and multistage.dll.
- Orbiter Multiplayer Project hosting a public server, as well as an open-source code repository and a dedicated forum.
- Orbiter Visualisation Project
Open-source development of graphics engines for Orbiter.
- OrbiterWiki
Orbiter developer resources, tutorials and addons.
- Pappy's Hangar Francophone community's addons site, home of many quality addons.
- TransX video tutorials A selection of youtube video tutorials demonstrating the use of the TransX navigation tool by flytandem, encoded by Tex.
- Orbinauts world map and Orbiter fan map See the global distribution of fellow orbinauts!
- Orbiterschool
Orbiter resources for educators.
- Virtual Spaceflight
Add-ons, tutorials, links to videos and other resources, also hosts "Go Play in Space" (Orbiter tutorial ebook).
- Orbital Operations Manual Jared Smith's tutorial for aligning, syncing, and docking with a space station.
- Duncan's Orbiter place
Home of TransX MFD and other addons.
- AMSO
Home of Alain Capt's Apollo Mission Sim for Orbiter project.
- AIBS Orbiter site
CVE-lite, Ariane 5, BurnTimeCalc MFD, and more.
- Harmsway Orbiter site
Guides, tips, tutorials and addon lists.
- SimCosmos
Antonio Maia's Orbiter addons projects and extensive list of Community Sites & Development Tools Links.
B. Useful space links
C. References
- Irving B, McSorley A, Paton M, Bonin G, Virtual prototyping of human Mars missions with the Orbiter space flight simulator, Mars Society Conference 2006, Washington, DC, August 5, 2006. Full text: PDF [0.3MB]. Presentation: PDF [0.8MB].
- Irving B, Playing in Space: Interactive Education with the Orbiter Space Flight Simulator, International Space Development Conference (ISDC) 2007, Dallas. Presentation: PDF [3.5MB], Handouts: PDF [1.1MB].
- Paton, M, Landing humans on Mars: Virtual prototyping of a piloted Mars Lander, International Space Development Conference (ISDC) 2007, Dallas. Presentation: PDF [2.1MB].
- Paton, M. D. and McSorley, A., Virtual prototyping of a lander for the fast transfer of humans to Mars, Journal of the British Interplanetary Society, Vol. 62, pp. 369-377, 2009.
- Schlottke K, Modelling of Soyuz Docking and Radar Systems for Implementation in the IRS Simulator, Diplomarbeit, Institut für Raumfahrtsysteme, Universität Stuttgart, IRS-13-S-118, 2013. Full text: PDF [7.5MB].
- Schmitz M, A Simpit Framework based on the Orbiter Space Simulator and Implementation of a Soyuz-Style Simpit, Studienarbeit, Institut für Raumfahrtsysteme, Universität Stuttgart, IRS-09-S45, 2010. Full text: PDF [16.7MB]. Presentation: PDF [2.2MB].
- Schmitz M, Entwicklung eines funktionalen Simulators für ARV, Summary Presentation Diplomarbeit, Institut für Raumfahrtsysteme, Universität Stuttgart, 2011. PDF [20MB].
- 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].
- Schweiger M, Spacecraft simulation and visualisation with Orbiter 2006, 3rd International Workshop on Astrodynamics Tools and Techniques, ESTEC, Noordwijk, 2-5 October 2006. Presentation: PDF [2.5MB], PowerPoint [12MB].
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