Orbiter Screenshot Thread

[Nicholander]

Just a little question K_Jameson, but when will you release the FOI probes? (I think you're going to release them all at the same time) Cause I really wanna fly those right now...

 

[K_Jameson]

Just a little question K_Jameson, but when will you release the FOI probes? (I think you're going to release them all at the same time) Cause I really wanna fly those right now...

The problem, regarding Galileo II, is the complex flight plan. If reaching Jupiter is not a great problem (direct hohmann, thanks to the powerful Jarvis M launcher), a Galileian tour with several gravity assists for setting a course that bring you at the rendez-vous with Europa at the right time, with the right trajectory and at the right relative velocity for releasing the mini-lander with some possibility of a good landing is a really complex task, and only matter for really skilled and experienced Orbinauts. Although the job is surely feasible within the Delta-V budget of the spacecraft (and was tested long time ago by Fausto, our "master of celestial mechanics"), was never compiled a detailed schedule of the flybys necessary to accomplish the task; the available scenarios and the documentation don't cover all the course to Europa. I don't want to release an addon that can be felt as "incomplete"... some feedback on this by the readers would be welcome.

The other probes currently in development has much simpler flght plans (altough Shakespeare is expected to do several flybys with the Uranian moons); it's matter of time for the completion of the respective packages. Currently, I have no access to the my titular PC, and on my crap laptop I have some difficulties, so don't expect to see any of them on Orbit Hangar in the next days or weeks.

Sorry for the OT!

 

[Nicholander]

so don't expect to see any of them on Orbit Hangar in the next days or weeks.

Well, that sucks. But, I can see the problems with the Galileo II (You just described that) and Shakespeare, what about Efesto? I think it's already been completed (It was on FOI Livestreams, after all), so do you not have it on your laptop or something?

 

[K_Jameson]

From the simulation point of view, Efesto, like Galileo II, is completed. You can take off, leave Earth and sails to your destination. But FOI pretends some standards, as the documentation, that is the most boring part and is still to be done.

for long time, I did not have the possibility to work for Orbiter, and still I have some personal priorities that prevents me from making significant progresses.

 

[donatelo200]

This scene just struck me as I was testing some terrain.

 

[Cosmic Penguin]

After 2 earlier aborted efforts, this thing may become part of my first contribution to the Orbiter world:

 

[Astro SG Wise]

Voila.

 

[Pipcard]

After 2 earlier aborted efforts, this thing may become part of my first contribution to the Orbiter world:

Is it going to be part of a space center (real or fictional)?

 

[PhantomCruiser]

Clearly it's a blue hangar with a gold roof.

But seriously, textured on the inside as well? Otherwise you could have used a simple box/rectangle.

 

[Cosmic Penguin]

Is it going to be part of a space center (real or fictional)?

In fact it's this one.

Clearly it's a blue hangar with a gold roof.

But seriously, textured on the inside as well? Otherwise you could have used a simple box/rectangle.

I plan to eventually make it usable a la CSSC's HIF and allow rockets to roll to the pad, although it would be somewhat down the road since my skills still needs to be polished.

Now someone needs to teach me how to make a correct UV map..... :shifty:

 

[Pipcard]

Used GIMP's Soft Glow filter.

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This is "Friendship Station," an old exercise in station building that I did in early 2012, then lost interest in once I got my current computer in April. The module names were inspired by the whole "My Little Pony"/"Brony" fandom that I had gotten into (specifically, the "Elements of Harmony"). I originally posted these on the blog section of this website, but since then, I deleted them for some reason. Here are some of the key moments:

An Energia launching from Cape Canaveral, unusual, isn't it?

The cargo pod (Buran-T) opens.

The first module (Cassiopée with modified texture) was called "Magic".

The following mission was the launch of a crewed Dragon v1 to the station.

Next was a Falcon Heavy carrying a node module (from the [ame="http://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=4351"]Mir-2[/ame] add-on) called "Generosity". I'm not sure if the actual Merlin vacuum engine could handle being a space tug with multiple burns.

Once the node module got close, the crew onboard "Magic" used its RCS thrusters to dock with "Generosity."

And that's where I stopped.

 

[Delta glider]

Unedited-I did a fuel dump while landing.

 

[IronRain]

MSS-3 has arrived at the station:

 

[Delta glider]

Skills!:lol:

Look at the temperature gauge.:rofl:

 

[BruceJohnJennerLawso]

Skills!:lol:

Look at the temperature gauge.:rofl:

*God goes off to start the debugger*

 

[Delta glider]

Yeah, well using scenario editor.

I did get a 0.3 mach overspeed on Jupiter using mains.

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These where some simple pictures I took when I flew to Mars.

About to Launch.

XR-2 making its way out of the atmosphere.

Trans Mars injection.

So long earth.

Midcourse corrections.

Mars in sight.

Mars getting closer.

Mars orbit injection.

Welcome to Mars.
I will post more pictures maybe of landing and coming home.

 

[DaveS]

Atlantis rolling out on KSC15 after a very successful STS-122/1E mission:

 

[Nikogori]

I'm learning Jupiter to Saturn slingshot with Flytandem TransX tutorials. Here is the result.

Simply beautiful as usual.

 

[T1234]

A fun little challenge I thought up was to make a water source base on mars polar region and get to phobos from there and it dous not take much fuel,even with an xr2 with expert fuel with 2 tanks.

Dumping tanks,

and a tweaked Phobos addon with the mesh correct size, brighter texture and Hall base moved a few meters.

Now to go back to mars and collect the tanks from orbit and land,leave space exactly as you found it:lol:

 

[Cosmic Penguin]

A quick submission - how the ISS will look like post 2015 (minus the IDA which isn't available yet):

In other news, I'm building a new space station in Orbiter that I will put up in my Orbiter blog very soon. Hint: I have yet to see anyone here trying to build one up this way.