Virtual spaceflight addons, tutorials, links to videos and other resources, also hosts go play in space orbiter tutorial ebook. Alain capt has surprised us with a new version of amso for orbiter 2010 p1. These are a series of scenarios utilizing the shuttle fleet and amso. Manual installation is less restrictive you can install multiple versions of orbiter and less intrusive it does not modify the windows registry or system files, but requires more user intervention. Atlantis turning final in a prerecorded tutorial included in orbiter.
Apollo 8 real time simulation space flight training. This game gives you the opportunity to launch the space shuttle from the kennedy space center and attempt to arrive safe and sound to the international space station. Any other orbiter versions wont work amso will abort. Cernan, evans and schmitt blastoff aboard apollo 17. Orbital operations manual jared smiths tutorial for aligning, syncing, and docking with a space. Orbiter space flight simulator and shuttle fleet v4. Amso is defined as apollo mission simulator for orbiter space flight simulator rarely. Orbital operations manual jared smiths tutorial for aligning, syncing, and docking with a space station. I have made this manual and tutorial package so that everybody can learn how to perform complex navigation maneuvers, such as interplanetary transfers, direct ascents, and direct reentries.
Well see, there are various possibilities how to support the amso. I burn retrograde to kill current velocity and drop directly to the surface of the moon. Hello orbinauts, alain capt has surprised us with a new version of amso for orbiter 2010p1. Altea aerospace dougs orbiter page, home of the xr fleet. Meanwhile alain capt is back and improved amso apollo mission simulator for orbiter a lot, the latest version can be found at the amso home page. Ill start with the cancelled moon missions based on the apollo amso addon for orbiter. Interplanetary mfd imfd is an orbiter addon created by jarmo nikkanen. I tried to leave orbiter running continuously while i performed other tasks but keeping watch on a timer i had set on my phone to keep track of the time and be aware of upcoming events. Apollo 8 orbiter 2010 space flight simulator youtube. Amso home of alain capts apollo mission sim for orbiter project. Download the zip archive file and unpack it into a directory of your choice. Orbiter space flight simulator 2010 edition user manual. Like my orbiter 2010 facebook page so you can follow my orbiter activity on facebook.
Amso stands for apollo mission simulator for orbiter space flight simulator. It is home to the schmitt selenology research institute and the janskyreber radio astronomy observatory operating the rylepawsey vla radio telescope. The base is located in the crater jules verne on lunar farside. Amso is an apollo program addon for orbiter, click here to get to the official website.
Orient the csmlm stack manually using the imfd burn vector bv screen. Duncans orbiter place home of transx mfd and other addons. The majority of features and key controls are identical to the shuttle fleet v4. Orbiter space flight simulator screenshot and video gallery. Press f4, select custom select scenario editor then click edit with a dgiv selected and then choose dgiv. Since the space shuttle columbia first flew on 12 april 1981, that means that, hypothetically, the space shuttle could have been dispatched to rendezous and possibly capture spider. You can use the scenario editor of orbiter to load passengers, a payload, or to change the skin of your dgiv and those settings will be saved in your scenario. So, i hope you can enjoy coming events with amso and updated d3d9client16. For more detailed informations, consult the user manual on line, or for the. This version of amso will run only with orbiter 2010 p1, build 100606 to. While somewhat vulnerable to crashes caused by addons or extreme simulation demands, orbiter is generally quite stable when used properly. Therefore, the 50th anniversary celebration is coming just in a few months.
Lunartransfermfd is a numerical lunar transfer trajectory calculator. Space flight training exploring space flight principals through orbiter 2010 and other software. You will be strapped in the capsule of your apollo spaceship, right on top of the saturn v rocket. Cet addon est fait pour le simulateur spatial du dr martin schweiger. However, none of them specifically addresses some of the problems i had to deal with when i first tried to get to the moon, so i decided to write my own one. Neil armstrong and buzz aldrin landed on the moon july 20, 1969. If anyone has a copy and can update this andor add screenshots, please do so, or at least let us know what the differences are.
The addon currently simulates missions from apollo 8 to apollo 17. Views of detailed 3d lunar terrain in orbiter 2016, with addon orion. Orbiter is an amazing free 3d space simulator written by dr. This video was recorded friday, december 19, 2014 amso website. Amso stands for apollo mission simulator for orbiter. It can be used to compute single impulse lunar transfer trajectories with better accuracy than typical patched conic applications such as imfd. I decided to update these models for use with orbiter 2010 since the originals no longer work under the new orbiter and i. This texture repository contains highresolution replacements of the planetary surface textures and elevation maps for earth, moon, mars and some additional solar system objects. Danstephs addons, included orbitersound and deltaglider iv. Both addons must be in the same orbiter installation, orbiter 2010, to work properly.
I recently ran a little experiment where i played through apollo 8 using amso, but in real time. Since september 2010, however, lro has been operating in more of a. Flowing the general outline of the available nasa planning documents i did apollo 18, 19 and 20, complete with terrain, patches and evas. This download is licensed as freeware for the windows 32bit and 64bit operating system on a laptop or desktop pc from simulation games without restrictions. Virgin orbit aces final test flight before first launch photos. Currently running orbiter2010 and am in a 50km circular orbit in a shuttlepb technical specs below. Orbiter apollo 11 tutorial by now, there are several tutorials available on how to successfully fly an apollo moon mission using orbiter and nassp. Dans orbiter page orbiter addons, including orbitersound and dg iv for orbiter 2010. It facilitates travel throughout the solar system by calculating and displaying a. Thats all, the lm should be up and running at least in an orbiter sense. Links to orbiter resources and general spacerelated pages. What sets this space simulator apart from all others is the accurate math and orbital physics, which makes reaching planets like mars, a true challenge. Amso apollo mission simulator for orbiter is an addon for orbiter 2010, created to reproduce the flights of the american apollo program, exploring the moon from 1968 to 1972. Note that mark lieberbaums user name on orbiter forum is markl316.
Orbiter is a freeware space flight simulator program developed to simulate spaceflight using realistic newtonian physics. Apollo 12 landing soundpack by belisarius part of amso apollo 12 soundpack by belisarius. Launch and earth orbit lets start with a quote by bryan adams. In the case of the lm, this could have conflicted with the manual flight mode. When an astronaut is too tired to perform jumps, now he makes a small jump on the place.
Home of alain capts apollo mission sim for orbiter project. Eventually you might start to develop your own addon modules to enhance orbiter s functionality, write tutorials and help files for newcomers or even take active part in the orbiter core development by identifying and discussing flaws or omissions in the orbiter physics model and there are still many. I tried to do the mission in a way as close as possible to the historical mission. This is the external view recording of the apollo 8 mission i did using orbiter space flight simulator. A fictional wheel shaped station in lunar orbit, inspired by space.
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