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The data on the new manned Dream Chaser are scarce, basically a few blurred renderings. I am thinking to make a manned version based on the Tenacity Dream Chaser, but will wait at least after the maiden flight of Tenacity, to see its flight profile and aerodynamics.

Before tackling the Orbiter core, it may be helpful to start making an addon. Walk before running. There are good documentation and examples in the "Orbitersdk" folder. This will help to get familiar with the Orbiter API and its objects, like vessels. Maybe pick a spaceship of your liking, make...

francisdrake submitted a new addon: Plato Moon Base - A near-future Moon base Read more about this addon...

The base is located near the Northern rim of the Plato crater, in the North-West hemisphere of the Moon. It is made of near-future modules. The center is a layed-down Moonship, which is already half-buried in Lunar regolith, to reduce the radiation exposure. Oxygen generation is supported by two...

Very nice! Thanks for posting this development version. I took it for a spin round Brighton Beach and it worked well. A minor quibble: Could you please make the cockpit visible only when in the cockpit view, not in the glass cockpit. ( MESHVIS_COCKPIT ) Reason is the cockpits front wall is...

An airliner on its way to the Moon. :) Samsung WB250, with optical and digital zoom maxed out.

The link works for me, UNSC DROPSHIP 77- PELICAN ___ Correction: I can see the download page, but when clicking the 'Download' button I have the same Oops we ran into a problem ...

I made a Zuma sat, as you described, in a 'Payloads' folder. Attached is the scenario. Runs without problems here.

What payload pack / mission package are you using? I found the Zuma in "SpaceX Mission Package" but - This is for the older Block4 - Zuma:Falcon9_BLOCK4/Payloads/Zuma - It is only the scenario file. A cfg file for the Zuma is also required.

Hm, looks I missed to upload the new zip. Now it is uploaded in the first post.

Sorry, the Modules folder was missing. It is now included in the revision Helios-01.zip above.

The mass of the Sharlin I took from the pdf, which says 44.4 million metric tons. The shape is quite irregular, so my volume estimation may be way off ... The dv of 290 km/s is not too bright. That is the advantage of TV script writers, who do not have to deal with such minor quibbles. :) But...

I played around and updated the calculation to 25% propellant and a density of 350 kg/m³. Also looked at the Sharlin War Cruiser, a capital ship of enormous size! Applied the same rules to this cfg file, so it can be flown and reacts to the RCS. Added a docking port for fun. Yes, the engineref...

A nice futuristic fleet! I made a short mass and power calculation based on the figures in the pdf-file, and a modified cfg-file for the NialFighter. Tuned down some values for Orbiter, to keep it playable. If you like, you can have a look on the figures in the attached zip-file. This may be...

These are really cool vehicles! Question: The ground microstructures look somehow stretched. Is this because the screenshots were made in the South polar region?

For a manual ascent, use the 20-30-40 rule. ;) First, in the scenario file, set the heading to the desired azimuth. For an ISS-orbit this would be: HEADING 42.4 Set an MFD to Surface. Launch. At approximately 1 km give the launcher a push, so it starts pitching over in a gravity turn...

I always wished the outer planets and their moons got more attention in Orbiter. Below is a screenshot of the Project_Titan_Base. TIp: Remove the MESH FILE Truss\BaseTrunnions from the config file. It is not included in the addon and crashes any scenario.

If you have Orbiter installed, it is in the Doc folder. Assuming your installation folder is called "Orbiter", it is in Orbiter\Doc\Technotes\gravity.pdf

The company Impulse Space is developing a 14 ton Methan / LOX kick-stage called Helios. It shall lift a 5 ton payload from LEO to GEO within a day, speeding up the deployment of satellites and saving their on-board fuel. When used on a Falcon9 it can help to retain the booster, thus lowering...

Yes, this works fine! No more reentry flames on ascent. Because of its simplicity and effectiveness, this should be a candidate for "Hack of the year!" :) Thinking why the reentry flames were triggered on some launchers, but not on all. Maybe it is a bug in Orbiters memory allocation of...