Orbiter Screenshot Thread

[STS]

The pic's upside down

The antenna is not pointing to Earth.

 

[jroly]

The antenna is not pointing to Earth.

Interesting, I was wondering if perhaps 1987VCRProductions look the pictures after the flyby then the probe might be facing Earth but then realised especially with saturn, because the planet is fully lit by the sun, it must be facing away.

 

[boogabooga]

When questions arise as to historic flyby trajectory and orientation, I recommend NASA's Eyes on the Solar System:

http://eyes.nasa.gov/eyes-on-the-solar-system.html

Supposedly, the depicted attitudes are accurate.

Indeed, the Pioneers seem to be spin-stabilized with the antenna facing roughly in the direction of earth.

 

[1987VCRProductions]

The probe is turned in the wrong way...

The pic's upside down

The antenna is not pointing to Earth.

Interesting, I was wondering if perhaps 1987VCRProductions look the pictures after the flyby then the probe might be facing Earth but then realised especially with saturn, because the planet is fully lit by the sun, it must be facing away.

I took the screenshots before the flybys. As for the incorrect orientation, I actually wasn't paying attention to my orientation. All that mattered to me was that I was performing a successful flyby. Plus, this is a computer simulation, antenna orientation doesn't matter because I'm actually controlling the spacecraft directly from inside the cockpit and not sending it signals from Earth and waiting minutes to hours for the craft in deep space to respond to my inputs. I also don't perform BBQ rolls on the Apollo lunar missions, mainly because it makes me dizzy during time acceleration and there's no penalty for not doing so in Orbiter.

The only time I actually simulate correct orientation is when I'm flying Skylab and keeping the solar panels pointing towards the sun (batteries aren't simulated so it's all pretend).

In short, I'm an amateur, not an engineer.

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I can probably guarantee that the big dish on Pioneer wasn't pointing towards Earth in any of those screenshots. If it was, it was purely by accident.

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Actually Pioneer 11 did go through the rings as a proof-of concept for the Voyager 1 and 2 flybys a few months later.

Dantassii

From what I've been able to gleam, if Voyager 2 was supposed to be able to continue on to Uranus and Neptune, it would need to pass very close to the outer edge of Saturn's rings. NASA technicians were afraid that if there were faint outer rings that could not be seen by telescopes and were in Voyager's path, they could damage and render Voyager 2 useless (we're talking about hundreds of tiny supersonic particles here). They decided to have Pioneer 11 follow the same trajectory past Saturn's rings to make sure that Voyager 2 would survive. Pioneer 11 almost collided with a small moon of Saturn (either Epimetheus or Janus) which had only just been discovered the previous day by Pioneer 11.

I don't think that Pioneer 11 actually passed directly through the rings, just very close.

Here's a diagram I found of Pioneer 11's path by Saturn:

Pioneer 11 lived up to its name as a pioneer.

 

[boogabooga]

Plus, this is a computer simulation, antenna orientation doesn't matter because I'm actually controlling the spacecraft directly from inside the cockpit and not sending it signals from Earth and waiting minutes to hours for the craft in deep space to respond to my inputs.

Well, you could if you wanted to (to some extent):
[ame="http://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=6231"]Space Network Plugin[/ame]

 

[1987VCRProductions]

I know igel's Luna 3 can only transmit its pictures to Earth when it's within a certain range.

I actually didn't expect people to get upset that my Pioneer was pointing the wrong way. I didn't think anyone cared to be honest. I had that moment like whenever a character on The Office would look helplessly into the camera. I only posted those screenshots because I thought they looked cool.

I'll lay low for awhile now until I have more screenshots to share.

 

[K_Jameson]

Plus, this is a computer simulation, antenna orientation doesn't matter because I'm actually controlling the spacecraft directly from inside the cockpit and not sending it signals from Earth and waiting minutes to hours for the craft in deep space to respond to my inputs.

I'm so used to view these probes pointed to Sun (and Earth) that is natural to me, and the reverse is perceived as heavily counterintuitive. No matter if the data link is simulated or not.
Sure, It's not fundamental (in LEO I don't think that all of you cares about of the solar panels orientation! Certainly not me), but, for example, I don't think I can submit you a screenshot of my North Carolina Battleship turned upside down and say that it doesn't matter because the mesh is not really floating on the ocean!
Interestingly, if you want to simulate a more recent spacecraft (Cassini or New Horizons for example) the orientation is less crucial, because these probes aren't oriented to Earth all the time... the link with the ground base is not continuous.

Anyway... I don't want to be pedantic and I don't want to offend anyone...

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I only posted those screenshots because I thought they looked cool.

Put it this way: they are surely cool (especially for the achievement of reaching the gas giants!) but it would be even cooler with the Pioneer turned in the right direction! ;-)

 

[Col_Klonk]

1987VCRProductions:- Was only taking the mickey out of Jameson's pedantic comment..

Pics are great :thumbup:

 

[K_Jameson]

Your comment sounds rather offensive.

 

[Nikogori]

Shuttle Fleet Photoreal Rev.1 + Shuttle Fleet v4.8 + ISS v3.2

 

[1987VCRProductions]

If I had known that my photo set would cause this much trouble, I wouldn't have bothered staying up all night to do that flight all in one sitting and posting the resulting screenshots to Orbiter Forum.

I won't be posting to this thread for awhile. This is the last I comment on this, "issue."

Gagarin bids farewell.

 

[K_Jameson]

The coolness of your images and achievements is recognized. There is no need to make a drama... I think to have explained my thoughts; flames or offenses are not intended, at least by me.

 

[IronRain]

PE-3 on the pad for a November 28th launch.
Due to technical issues with the PE-2 launch vehicle, this flight will be flown first.

 

[Matias Saibene]

Amazing.

Look at the colour of the sea, is beautiful.

Realistic horizont.

I can not believe what I see *with tears in his eyes* I see the planets as it like in my telescope, that is an incredibly realistic lighting, and detailed.

This is the best version of Orbiter I've seen in my life *begins cough*

This is too much realism for me * heart attack *
*beep beep beeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...*

Thanks martins for improve the Minor Bodies texture pack, and jarmonik for fix the visualization error in Jupiter and minor bodies.

 

[egehq]

These are some of the best I've seen! I might try some blur effects too:hmm:

 

[IronRain]

Last Saturday, PE-3 lifted off from Cape Canaveral on the second expedition to the Pangea moon base.

Only a couple of minutes to go

Tanks pressurizing

Lift off!

Bye bye KSC

Staging

Tower and skirt are gone

Another staging!

Coasting

TLI!

Time to take the package out

And PE-3 is on her way to the moon! It's been some time since I've spend time on the Lunar surface, so I'm looking forward to the landing

 

[K_Jameson]

It is a fictional space program? Some details on it?
I apologize if you have already talked about it...

 

[romanasul]

STS-9 mission simulated as realistically as possible within Orbiter, thanks to all the creators of SSU, it's an amazing achievement. Also thanks to David413 for his Spacelab update.

30 seconds to launch:

after main engine start:

absolutely beautiful:

SRB sep:

OMS-2 burn:

Orbit operations:

 

[GLS]

STS-9 mission simulated as realistically as possible within Orbiter, thanks to all the creators of SSU, it's an amazing achievement. Also thanks to David413 for his Spacelab update.

30 seconds to launch:

after main engine start:

absolutely beautiful:

SRB sep:

OMS-2 burn:

Orbit operations:

Looks good!
You should use the "Columbia_original" texture (or whatever it's called) in the mission file (check the manual on how to do that), to have the correct look on the orbiter. :thumbup:

 

[romanasul]

Looks good!
You should use the "Columbia_original" texture (or whatever it's called) in the mission file (check the manual on how to do that), to have the correct look on the orbiter. :thumbup:

You're right, I forgot about that.