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| Category: Orbiter - Spaceships | |
| Soyuz Launch pad (animated) |
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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 - Spaceships | |
| Vanguard 1 Add-on for Orbiter |
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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 |
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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 |
| Category: Orbiter - Spaceships | |
| Minuteman II Missile |
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File Description:
The Minuteman was Americas Third Operational ICBM System. During the Cuban Missile Crisis it was America's "Ace In The Hole". It has been operational at U.S. bases since 1962 reaching a peak of 1,000 missiles.
The Minuteman II program was economically crucial to the development of integrated circuits. It was the first mass-produced system to use a computer constructed from integrated circuits, and used most of the production of such circuits from 1962 through 1967. The other major customer of these circuits was the Apollo Guidance Computer, which had similar weight and ruggedness constraints.
The Orbiter version keeps up with the historical aspect of this horrible weapon. This add-on is created for historical purposes only, and we do not condone using Orbiter to simulate nuclear war. No active Minuteman II missiles currently exist today. The only way to see one now is at a museum or on display at various Air Force bases world wide. This add-on simulates the flight plan and package delivery of a real Minuteman II missile.
The warhead included in this add-on is from the Trinity package created by Dave Rowbothham. The warhead activates at about 4 minutes to impact. It arms at 2000 feet and detonation occurs at 1800 feet.
| Filename: | Minuteman_II_Missile.zip |
| License: | Freeware |
| Added: | 27th September 2004, 16:24:26 |
| Downloads: | 1,380 |
| Author: | Jim Williams |
| Size: | 1.12 MB |
| Category: Orbiter - Spaceships | |
| Star Trek Romulan Bird of Prey Cruiser |
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File Description:
This is my model of the Cricket Class Romulan Cruiser from
the Star Trek episode "Balance of Terror" which originally
aired on 12-15-1966. The Romulan Bird of Prey in this version is built along the lines of the AMT models released
in the 1970's.
| Filename: | Star_Trek_Romulan_Bird_of_Prey_Cruiser.zip |
| License: | Freeware |
| Added: | 25th June 2004, 14:15:57 |
| Downloads: | 469 |
| Author: | Christopher Tarana |
| Size: | 200.05 KB |
| Category: Orbiter - Spaceships | |
| Buran Launch Complex High Detail Version 3. |
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File Description:
This is the Buran Launch Complex High Detail version 3..Press K to Operate the Escape and Gangways....Uses Vinka's Spacecraft.DLL(included)..*Important* you need to download and install jkanios ( Buran3.03BETA.zip ) which can be found at http://www.orbithangar.com/searchauth.cfm?search=jkanios ,first before you install this add on...
| Filename: | Buran_Launch_Complex_High_Detail_Version_3.zip |
| License: | Freeware |
| Added: | 8th December 2004, 14:53:51 |
| Downloads: | 1,613 |
| Author: | Kev Shanow |
| Size: | 921.71 KB |
| Category: Orbiter - Spaceships | |
| Surveyor Lunar Lander 1.0 |
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File Description:
The Surveyor program consisted of seven unmanned lunar missions that were launched between May 1966 and January 1968. Five of these spacecraft, Surveyor 1, 3, 5, 6, and 7 successfully soft-landed on the lunar surface. In addition to demonstrating the feasibility of lunar surface landings, the Surveyor missions obtained lunar and cislunar photographs and both scientific and technological information needed for the Apollo manned landing program. Four spacecraft, Surveyor 1, 3, 5, and 6, returned data from selected mare sites from Apollo program support, and Surveyor 7 provided data from a contrasting rugged highland region.
The Orbiter version brings to you the historical flight of this unmanned lunar landing probe. The flight plan should bring you within 10,000 km of the Lunar surface. With one mid course correction, and enough practice, you can land it the moon.
| Filename: | Surveyor_Lunar_Lander_10.zip |
| License: | Freeware |
| Added: | 8th December 2004, 14:57:05 |
| Downloads: | 872 |
| Author: | James Williams |
| Size: | 1.97 MB |
| Category: Orbiter - Spaceships | |
| Apollo Saturn2Mars v.098a |
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File Description:
Apollo Saturn2Mars v.098a is an add-on to the Apollo Saturn2Mars concept being expanded to a lunar mission. This file introduces the LunarNova configuration. For Orbiter version 021202/030303. Tested on XPpro.
The Apollo Saturn2Mars v.098(10-31-04) file is required and to be pre-installed.
| Filename: | Apollo_Saturn2Mars_v098a.zip |
| License: | Freeware, limited distribution |
| Added: | 9th December 2004, 16:53:26 |
| Downloads: | 1,463 |
| Author: | Richard Wall |
| Size: | 13.49 MB |
| Category: Orbiter - Spaceships | |
| Pioneer 4 Add-on for Orbiter |
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File Description:
Pioneer 3 and 4 were early satellites designed to be lofted toward Earth's Moon. They were equipped with Geiger counters to measure radiation in space. Pioneer 3 was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on December 6, 1958.
Because of a slight error in the satellite's velocity and angle after burnout of the Juno II rocket, it did not reach the Moon; instead it achieved a peak altitude of 102,320 kilometers (63,580 miles). The satellite did, however, discover a second radiation belt around Earth during its flight. Pioneer 3 reentered Earth's atmosphere over equatorial Africa a day after launch.
Pioneer 4 was launched March 3, 1959, and successfully passed within 60,000 kilometers (37,300 miles) of the Moon the following day. The satellite was tracked for 82 hours to a distance of 655,000 kilometers (407,000 miles) from Earth, a record at that time. Pioneer 4 is now orbiting the Sun, the first U.S. spacecraft placed in solar orbit.
The Orbiter version will do a little better than get you within 60,000 kilometers like the real one achieved. The flight profile included usually will get you to within 8,000 kilometers, and sometimes, depending on the mood of your copy of Orbiter, may even impact the moon! However since installations may vary, your distance to the moon on arrival, or even impacting the moon, is not guaranteed. Just like the real thing!
| Filename: | Pioneer_4_Addon_for_Orbiter.zip |
| License: | Freeware |
| Added: | 19th October 2004, 19:59:22 |
| Downloads: | 682 |
| Author: | Jim Williams |
| Size: | 530.42 KB |
| Category: Orbiter - Spaceships | |
| HETV Helios |
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File Description:
A large fusion powered spacecraft for Orbiter. quite large mesh file. Supports panels Optimal for 1024x768 (of course lower resolutions work, too).
Version 20102004
| Filename: | HETV_Helios.zip |
| License: | Freeware |
| Added: | 21st October 2004, 00:44:19 |
| Downloads: | 1,380 |
| Author: | Harry Schwenk |
| Size: | 2.74 MB |
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