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I've been trying to find materials that talk about how to calculate launch windows, and come up rather empty so far, so I thought I'd ask if anyone here knows how to do so. I'm well aware of Launch MFD and similar, but these provide an answer to the question without giving any information on...

I've been experimenting recently with launching the XR5 with its nominal maximum payload of 432 metric tons, and I thought I'd offer my experiences with it along with asking for advice. First off, the XR5 is really unresponsive with that much payload. You have to be gentle with the controls...

After the Orbiter Forum Space Station project introduced me to the CTV/ATV vessels, they have rapidly become two of my favorite ships to fly. Don't ask me why. I just know that I like them. Nice job by Well and NoMatter. However, I do have some questions, some relating directly to the vessel...

I'm planning on running a series of tests with a number of different spacecraft, mostly capsules, to see how they behave with different reentry conditions. While I can directly figure out most things like the reentry angle and speed at entry interface, I'm not sure how to determine the reentry...

With the imminent retirement of the space shuttle, which in my opinion is long overdue and much needed, NASA is currently considering a capsule-based system for its next series of manned spacecraft. This has caused me to wonder about the relative advantages and disadvantages of each type of...

After seeing all of the trips to Mercury threads, I've become curious as to which planets Orbinauts have visited. Since it's entirely possible to use the scenario editor to put yourself into orbit around each planet, it only counts if you start at Earth and go out (or inward). Personally, I've...

I'm going to be building a space station using Greg Burch's Space Station Building Blocks with the Big Space Plane and XR5 Vanguard as launchers. That much is settled. However, I do have some questions about it. 1. Orbit: I'd like for this station to serve as a waypoint between Earth, the Moon...

I have some questions as to how docking operations should be done, as opposed to how they are done. 1. At what distance would you say docking becomes becomes a matter of actively matching relative velocities as opposed to passively waiting for your orbits to bring you close to the other vessel...

Vessel Parameters MFD is a simple MFD meant to give various statistics about your spacecraft. Among the things that it will display: Name: Name of the vessel...

I've been trying to compile my add-on for Orbiter and am running into an issue with unresolved externals. Log: 1>------ Build started: Project: VesselParametersMFD, Configuration: Release Win32 ------ 1>Linking... 1> Creating library .\..\..\..\Modules/VesselParametersMFD.lib and object...

BEGIN_DESC Orbiter saved state at T = 197 END_DESC BEGIN_ENVIRONMENT System Deepstar/Sol Date MJD 77586.1033079642 END_ENVIRONMENT BEGIN_FOCUS Ship Deepstar END_FOCUS BEGIN_CAMERA TARGET Deepstar MODE Cockpit FOV 40.00 END_CAMERA BEGIN_HUD TYPE Orbit REF AUTO END_HUD...

I recently downloaded and installed Pluto-Charon v2.0 and for the most part it works just fine. However, whenever I try to view Charon Base, I get a CTD due to a missing mesh, specifically satdish2.msh. Does anyone know where I can find this mesh?

I'm trying to use flytandem's video tutorials for TransX, but the video doesn't work. However, there is sound. I've tried downloading and installing the Xvid codec, but that doesn't seem to have worked. I also have the DivX codec, which also didn't help. Anyone know how to get the video part...

I've been trying to get the Space Station Building Blocks add-on to work, but every time I try to run one of its scenarios, Orbiter crashes with a log that looks like this: **** Orbiter.log Build Sep 29 2006 [v.060929] Found 0 joystick(s) Module AtlantisConfig.dll [API v.060425] Module...