Category: Orbiter - Miscellaneous Files
Isidis Highlands Scenery

File Description:
The Isidis Highlands on Mars, where the Isidis Planitia meets the Libya Montes is a highly considered landing site for the 2003 Mars Express Rover mission. It is Ancient fluvial environment as well as a highlands-lowlands boundary, perfect for a scientific or even scenic visit.

Filename:	isidis-highlands.zip
License:	Freeware
Added:	3rd October 2002, 12:18:51
Downloads:	2,007
Author:	Robert Stettner (Foxtrot)
Size:	314 KB

Category: Orbiter - Spaceships
Sirius Shuttle

File Description:
This is my first attempt to create a flyable spacecraft from scratch for Orbiter. It is a passenger shuttle, developed for carrying about 60 people to orbit or interplanetary routes. It's got an animated landing gear and there is a docking port at the top of the vessel.

Filename:	sirius_shuttle.zip
License:	Freeware
Added:	12th March 2003, 21:27:42
Downloads:	1,927
Author:	George Gál
Size:	358 KB

Category: Orbiter - Miscellaneous Files
Jelair SpaceShuttle Autopilot

File Description:
'OTTO' is a fully automated deorbit and reentry experimental autopilot MFD for ShuttleAtlantis (tested on v3.2) in OrbiterSim. The autopilot will do the deorbit burn and fly the shuttle all the way to the HAC. You still have to fly the HAC manouver and the final landing manually.

Filename:	jelair_-_otto_for_orbiter.zip
License:	Freeware
Added:	22nd January 2004, 17:33:17
Downloads:	2,911
Author:	Jacob Larsen
Size:	900 KB

Category: Orbiter - Spaceships
Orbital Space Capsule Vers. 1.1

File Description:
This add-on models the performance of an "Orbital Space Capsule" to transport a crew of 4 to the ISS. It features a jettisonable service module, basic aerodynamics and a parafoil chute allowing a controlled descent and landing. +++ Vers. 1.1 provides smoothed meshes, a previously missing exhaust texture and adresses the fuelstate-carryover problem.

Filename:	orbital_space11.zip
License:	Freeware
Added:	12th October 2003, 19:58:21
Downloads:	922
Author:	Francis Drake
Size:	385 KB

Category: Orbiter - Spaceships
Phoenix V.4

File Description:
NASA mission to investigate the Arctic region of Mars, landed succesfully 25th May 2008. Add-on includes Phoenix spacecraft/lander, launch and post-launch scenarios, flight notes, etc. ** Launch scenario requires "Delta II Missions v.2" (Avsim) ** V.4 changes: improved aerodynamics, updated flight notes, dust-off effect on landing ** Tested on Orbiter 2006 Version 060929, XP, 1.6Ghz Pentium, nVidiaFX5600XT

Filename:	phoenix_mission_v4.zip
License:	Freeware
Added:	1st July 2008, 22:01:57
Downloads:	392
Author:	Brian Jones
Size:	2.13 MB

Category: Orbiter - Spaceships
X-33 Venture Star and Launch Complex 1.0

File Description:
The Venture Star package includes the ship, launch complex for Edwards Air Force Base (example config file and instructions included), a satellite, animated tower, and five different scenarios. This ship utilises Vinka's Spacecraft.dll (also included) and has animating landing gear and cargo bay doors. Special thanks to Vinka for providing this excellent module, without which I wouldn't have even considered doing this ship.

Filename:	venturestar01.zip
License:	Freeware
Added:	18th February 2003, 13:54:49
Downloads:	4,854
Author:	Mark Delia
Size:	477 KB

Category: Orbiter - Spaceships
Atlantis Mod 1.5a

File Description:
This is a modification of the Space Shuttle Atlantis. These issues have been adressed in this mod: - Attitude control by thrust vectoring - Full Autopilot during launch - Custom exhaust flames - Possible engine failures - Gravity gradient - Aerodynamic control surfaces - Speed brake - Trim during reentry - Drogue chute after landing. This is a bugfix. The previously missing mesh is included, the "ghost" flame after SRB separation has been removed.

Filename:	atlantis_mod15a.zip
License:	Freeware
Added:	10th May 2003, 10:24:13
Downloads:	8,291
Author:	Richard Craig, Francis Drake, Damir Gulesich, David Sundstrom
Size:	1.08 MB

Category: Orbiter - Orbital Stations
Skylab 2 Mission

File Description:
The Skylab space station was launched May 14, 1973, from the NASA Kennedy Space Center by a huge Saturn V launch vehicle, the moon rocket of the Apollo Space Program. Sixty-three seconds after liftoff, the meteoroid shield--designed also to shade Skylab's workshop --deployed inadvertently. It was torn from the space station by atmospheric drag. This event and its effects started a ten-day period in which Skylab was beset with problems that had to be conquered before the space station would be safe and habitable for the three manned periods of its planned eight-month mission. skylab 2 25 May 1973 13:00 GMT. Duration: 28.03 days. Call Sign: Skylab. Backup Crew: McCandless, Musgrave, Schweickart. Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Complex: LC39B. Launch Vehicle: Saturn IB . LV Configuration: Saturn IB s/n SA-206. Program: Skylab. Class: Manned. Type: Lunar spacecraft. Spacecraft: Apollo CSM. Payload : Apollo CSM 116. Mass: 19,979 kg. Location of Spacecraft: Naval Aviation Museum, Pensacola, FL. Perigee: 427 km. Apogee: 439 km. Inclination: 50.0 deg. Period: 93.2 min. Epic repair mission which brought Skylab into working order. Included such great moments as Conrad being flung through space by the whiplash after heaving on the solar wing just as the debris constraining it gave way; deployment of a lightweight solar shield, developed in Houston in one week, which brought the temperatures down to tolerable levels. With this flight US again took manned spaceflight duration record.

Filename:	skylab2mission.zip
License:	Freeware
Added:	7th January 2003, 04:31:25
Downloads:	907
Author:	Ronald Dandurand
Size:	4 KB

Category: Orbiter - Orbital Stations
New Skylab 2, 3 And 4 Mission

File Description:
Skylab 2 25 May 1973 13:00 GMT. Duration: 28.03 days. Call Sign: Skylab. Backup Crew: McCandless, Musgrave, Schweickart. Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Complex: LC39B. Launch Vehicle: Saturn IB . LV Configuration: Saturn IB s/n SA-206. Program: Skylab. Class: Manned. Type: Lunar spacecraft. Spacecraft: Apollo CSM. Payload : Apollo CSM 116. Mass: 19,979 kg. Location of Spacecraft: Naval Aviation Museum, Pensacola, FL. Perigee: 427 km. Apogee: 439 km. Inclination: 50.0 deg. Period: 93.2 min. Epic repair mission which brought Skylab into working order. Included such great moments as Conrad being flung through space by the whiplash after heaving on the solar wing just as the debris constraining it gave way; deployment of a lightweight solar shield, developed in Houston in one week, which brought the temperatures down to tolerable levels. With this flight US again took manned spaceflight duration record. When the meteoroid shield ripped loose, it disturbed the mounting of workshop solar array "wing" two and caused it to partially deploy. The exhaust plume of the second stage retro-rockets impacted the partially deployed solar array and literally blew it into space. Also, a strap of debris from the meteoroid shield overlapped solar array "wing" number one such that when the programmed deployment signal occurred, wing number one was held in a slightly opened position where it was able to generate virtually no power. In the meantime, the space station had achieved a near-circular orbit at the desired altitude of 435 kilometers (270 miles). All other major functions including payload shroud jettison, deployment of the Apollo Telescope Mount (Skylab's solar observatory) and its solar arrays, and pressurization of the space station occurred as planned. Scientists, engineers, astronauts, and management personnel at the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center and elsewhere worked throughout the first ten-day period of Skylab's flight to devise the means for its rescue. Simultaneously, Skylab--seriously overheating--was maneuvered through varying nose-up attitudes that would best maintain an acceptable "holding" condition. Because of the loss of the meteoroid shield, however, this positioning caused workshop temperatures to rise to 52 degrees Celsius (126 degrees F). During that ten-day period and for some time thereafter, the space station operated on less than half of its designed electrical system, in the partially nose-up attitudes, was generating power at reduced efficiency. The optimum condition that maintained the most favorable balance between Skylab temperatures and its power generation capability occurred at approximately 50 degrees nose-up. The crew rendezvoused with Skylab on the fifth orbit. After making substantial repairs, including deployment of a parasol sunshade which cooled the inside temperatures to 23.8 degrees C (75 degrees F), by June 4 the workshop was in full operation. In orbit the crew conducted solar astronomy and Earth resources experiments, medical studies, and five student experiments; 404 orbits and 392 experiment hours were completed; three EVAs totalled six hours, 20 minutes. Skylab 3 28 July 1973 11:10 GMT. Duration: 59.46 days. Call Sign: Skylab. Backup Crew: Brand, Lenoir, Lind. Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Complex: LC39B. Launch Vehicle: Saturn IB . LV Configuration: Saturn IB s/n SA-207. Program: Skylab. Class: Manned. Type: Lunar spacecraft. Spacecraft: Apollo CSM. Payload: Apollo CSM 117. Mass: 20,121 kg. Location of Spacecraft: NASA Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, OH. Perigee: 422 km. Apogee: 442 km. Inclination: 50.0 deg. Period: 93.2 min. Continued maintenance of the Skylab space station and extensive scientific and medical experiments. Installed twinpole solar shield on EVA; performed major inflight maintenance; doubled record for length of time in space. Completed 858 Earth orbits and 1,081 hours of solar and Earth experiments; three EVAs totalled 13 hours, 43 minutes. Skylab4 16 November 1973 14:01 GMT. Duration: 84.05 days. Call Sign: Skylab. Backup Crew: Brand, Lenoir, Lind. Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Complex: LC39B. Launch Vehicle: Saturn IB . LV Configuration: Saturn IB s/n SA-208. Program: Skylab. Class: Manned. Type: Lunar spacecraft. Spacecraft: Apollo CSM. Payload: Apollo CSM 118. Mass: 20,847 kg. Location of Spacecraft: National Air and Space Museum (Smithsonian Institution), Washington, DC. Perigee: 422 km. Apogee: 437 km. Inclination: 50.0 deg. Period: 93.1 min. Included observation and photography of Comet Kohoutek among numerous experiments. Completed 1,214 Earth orbits and four EVAs totalling 22 hours, 13 minutes. Increased manned space flight time record by 50%. Rebellion by crew against NASA Ground Control overtasking led to none of the crew ever flying again.

Filename:	skylab_mission.zip
License:	Freeware
Added:	11th January 2003, 16:39:14
Downloads:	1,934
Author:	Ronald Dandurand
Size:	6 KB

Category: Orbiter - Spaceships
Space Shuttle Futurea

File Description:
Space Shuttle Futurea. Launch the Space Shuttle Futurea from Cape Canaveral, and dock with the ISS to offload your Cargo.Push the J key to jetason the booster and Fuel tank when the fuel runs out.Press the K key to open your bay doors, and the J key to jeteason your cargo..Use the Dragonfly TUG to dock with the cargo and attach it to the ISS.Use the G key for your Landing Gear. Important--------Install Vink'as Spacecraft.DLL before you install this . Vinka's Spacecraft.dll is included in this zip as a zip.

Filename:	space-shuttle-futurea.zip
License:	Freeware
Added:	4th March 2003, 17:38:59
Downloads:	1,344
Author:	Kev Kelcey
Size:	1.57 MB