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ORBITER-FORUM will be temporarily closed at 2026-07-23 18:00 UTC while we complete some OF maintenance tasks. The amount of downtime is expected to take up to one hour, but probably less.
For on-orbit burns, you want the procedures outlined in the generic Orbit Ops checklist, page 9-2, ON-ORBIT OMS BURN. The Ascent checklist will tell you when it is time to head over to the mission's Post-Insertion checklist. Once the PI checklist is complete, all operations is governed by their...
Something else that I have just noticed is that cloud shadows only cast on planetary surfaces, not any base objects or vessels. So that's another thing that needs to be looked at.
To access the D3D9Client Advanced Setup dialog, click on Video, then make sure D3D9Client is selected where it says "Graphics engine", then click on the Advanced button. Also, make sure you're running Orbiter_NG, not Orbiter! External graphics clients such as D3D9Client will not work with...
First time that happened was on May 24 2000 when the first Atlas III launched from SLC-36B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS). The Atlas III served as a bridge between the Atlas II and the oncoming Atlas V EELV.
@GLS: I think I can report some good news for a change! I think I have found the source of all my "unexplained CTDs". Turns out a C++ Runtime file had become corrupted, in this case ucrtbased.dll. I found this out while being fortunate enough to trap a CTD-up-loading in the VS debugger, which...
How close are you longitudinally? You have to pretty much be spot on and the LDS only helps with the lateral alignment. This is why they have ground observers stationed in the baskets of the mounts, equipped with radios in direct contact with the driver.
It happens sometimes when the ENGINE POWER switches are taken to the OFF position. Harmless, just means that the GPCs can't communicate with the Main Engine Controller on that particular engine anymore. Usually happens if the GPCs and MEC was talking when the MEC was powered down so the GPCs...
Well, there was only one MPLM that was going to support "active payloads" and that was FM-03, Donatello that never flew. It was going to use a version of the ROEU called the Remotely Operated Fluid Umbilical (ROFU). ROEU was only used to supply keep-alive power to certain payloads to keep things...
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