Category: Orbiter - Miscellaneous Files
Orbiter Scenery / Video Developers Kit

File Description:
Some generic trees, a palm tree, and bush for Orbiter. Used primarily for Orbiter video creators to create establishing shots, although you can really dress up your base with trees if your system is fast enough. You will need to edit the config file for the base you wish to add these trees and bushes to. No example is added, however. This addon is primarily for advanced Orbiter users with a knowledge of editing the base config files. This addon was created to give the Orbiter video makers a few props to use in their videos, although you are free to use these tree/bush meshes in your base addons if you desire. All thats required is a small credit for the trees/bush meshes in the docs.

Filename:	Orbiter_Scenery__Video_Developers_Kit.zip
License:	Freeware
Added:	25th July 2004, 02:39:50
Downloads:	490
Author:	Jim Williams
Size:	1.97 MB

Category: Orbiter - Spaceships
Heavy Steam Catapult

File Description:
Heavy Steam Catapult (HSC) is intended for force accelerating and short takeoff of horizontal takeoff vessels. As on aircraft carriers.

Filename:	Heavy_Steam_Catapult.zip
License:	Freeware
Added:	15th August 2004, 22:57:06
Downloads:	514
Author:	Yury Kulchitsky
Size:	1.09 MB

Category: Orbiter - Spaceships
Lunar Mass Driver

File Description:
Lunar Mass Driver (LMD). This device is intended for force accelerating of any payload. Principle of action - the same, as at big railgun. The special carriage carrying a payload is dispersed by electromagnetic field (like linear engine).

Filename:	Lunar_Mass_Driver.zip
License:	Freeware
Added:	15th August 2004, 22:57:18
Downloads:	567
Author:	Yury Kulchitsky
Size:	3.08 MB

Category: Orbiter - Spaceships
Delta Cannon

File Description:
Delta Cannon (DC) is intended for force accelerating and null-length takeoff (shooting) of vessels DeltaGlider and DeltaGlider-III class (only).

Filename:	Delta_Cannon.zip
License:	Freeware
Added:	15th August 2004, 22:57:26
Downloads:	945
Author:	Yury Kulchitsky
Size:	1.31 MB

Category: Orbiter - Spaceships
Shuttle A2 v1.01

File Description:
New Version of Shuttle A2 with reworked Fuelmanagement System and other goodies like lights, hull temperature display, multi mesh/skin support, configurable cargo loads and more.

Filename:	Shuttle_A2_v101.zip
License:	Freeware
Added:	19th August 2004, 19:24:00
Downloads:	756
Author:	Jógvan "C3PO" Trondesen, Alexander "Mindblast" Blass
Size:	1.44 MB

Category: Orbiter - Spaceships
Soyuz Launch pad (animated)

File Description:
Animated launch pad for Soyuz launchers. (High Polygon Count) Not For Low End Computers... Use Vinka's spacecraft.dll (included)

Filename:	Soyuz_Launch_pad_animated.zip
License:	Freeware
Added:	23rd August 2004, 23:19:46
Downloads:	1,145
Author:	Carlos Garcia
Size:	1.54 MB

Category: Orbiter - Miscellaneous Files
Mercury Level 8 Hi-Res Texture

File Description:
This is a Level 8 hi-resolution surface texture for the planet Mercury. Thanks goes to John Van Vliet of Celestia for the 8192x4096 surface map of Mercury used to make this texture. John's website info can be found in the enclosed readme file. John's map uses data from the far side of the moon to fill in the gaps in the original Mariner 10 imagery as only about 48% of the surface was mapped. I used PSP to give the map a slightly coppery color. Overall a very aesthetically appealing texture. A full-color MFD map is also included. Enjoy. Please, read the enclosed readme file first for installation instructions.

Filename:	Mercury_Level_8_HiRes_Texture.zip
License:	Freeware
Added:	2nd September 2004, 03:35:59
Downloads:	653
Author:	Sean Evans
Size:	12.31 MB

Category: Orbiter - Miscellaneous Files
Texture for Sun

File Description:
A new texture for Sun

Filename:	Texture_for_Sun.zip
License:	Freeware
Added:	18th September 2004, 21:57:09
Downloads:	483
Author:	CharlotMan
Size:	76.54 KB

Category: Orbiter - Spaceships
Vanguard 1 Add-on for Orbiter

File Description:
Originally a simple nose cone was to be carried aloft, but in July of 1957 it was decided that a small 1.47 kilogram (3.25 pound) test satellite would be used instead to exercise the tracking stations. This test satellite would consist of a simple 16 centimeter (6.4 inch) polished aluminum alloy sphere equipped with two transmitters operating at frequencies around 108 MHz, 6 small solar panels, and 6 dowel like antennas. The satellite was Vanguard I, in which its successes set the pattern for a multitude of other space ventures in this country and abroad. Vanguard also served as a springboard for scientists to launch several series of space probes to study various aspects of radiation phenomena. Vanguard I introduced much of the technology that has been applied in other U.S. satellite programs. For example, it proved that solar cells could be used for several years to power radio transmitters. Vanguard's solar cells operated for about seven years, while conventional batteries used to power another onboard transmitter lasted only 20 days. Now the oldest man-made satellite still in orbit to this day, Vanguard I has been 100 percent successful in meeting all its scientific objectives. Now you can fly this historical satellite in orbit. Unlike all the US Navy failed attempts, the Orbiter version will always get you there.

Filename:	Vanguard_1_Addon_for_Orbiter.zip
License:	Freeware
Added:	27th September 2004, 16:23:56
Downloads:	507
Author:	Jim Williams
Size:	1.25 MB

Category: Orbiter - Spaceships
Explorer 1 Add-on for Orbiter

File Description:
Explorer 1 was the first satellite launched by the United States when it was sent into space on January 31, 1958. Following the launch of the Soviet Union's Sputnik 1 on October 4, 1957, the U.S. Army Ballistic Missile Agency was directed to launch a satellite using its Jupiter C rocket developed under the direction of Dr. Wernher von Braun. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory received the assignment to design, build and operate the artificial satellite that would serve as the rocket's payload. JPL completed this job in less than three months. The primary science instrument on Explorer 1 was a cosmic ray detector designed to measure the radiation environment in Earth orbit. Once in space this experiment, provided by Dr. James Van Allen of the State University of Iowa, revealed a much lower cosmic ray count than expected. Van Allen theorized that the instrument may have been saturated by very strong radiation from a belt of charged particles trapped in space by Earth's magnetic field. The existence of these radiation belts was confirmed by another U.S. satellite launched two months later, and they became known as the Van Allen Belts in honor of their discoverer. Explorer 1 revolved around Earth in a looping orbit that took it as close as 354 kilometers (220 miles) to Earth and as far as 2,515 kilometers (1,563 miles). It made one orbit every 114.8 minutes, or a total of 12.54 orbits per day. The satellite itself was 203 centimeters (80 inches) long and 15.9 centimeters (6.25 inches) in diameter. Explorer 1 made its final transmission on May 23, 1958. It entered Earth's atmosphere and burned up on March 31, 1970, after more than 58,000 orbits. The satellite weighed 14 kilograms (30.8 pounds).

Filename:	Explorer_1_Addon_for_Orbiter.zip
License:	Freeware
Added:	27th September 2004, 16:24:14
Downloads:	1,258
Author:	Jim Williams
Size:	565.57 KB