Back ORBITER Space Flight Simulator Czech Orbiter Space Flight Simulator Danish Orbiter (Simulator) German Orbiter (simulador) Spanish Orbiter Finnish Orbiter (simulateur) French Orbiter (videójáték, 2000) Hungarian Orbiter (simulatore) Italian Orbiter Japanese 오비터 (시뮬레이터) Korean
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| Developer(s) | Martin Schweiger |
|---|---|
| Initial release | 27 November 2000 |
| Repository | github |
| Written in | C++[1] |
| Operating system | Windows Vista and later |
| Size | 2.7 GB |
| Available in | English |
| Type | Simulation |
| License | MIT license |
| Website | orbit |
Orbiter is a space flight simulator program developed to simulate spaceflight using realistic Newtonian physics. The simulator was released on 27 November 2000;[2] the latest edition, labeled "Orbiter 2024", was released on 31 December 2024.[3] On 27 July 2021, its developer, Martin Schweiger, announced to the community that Orbiter is being published under open source MIT License.[4]
Orbiter was developed by Martin Schweiger, a senior research fellow in the computer science department at University College London,[5] who felt that space flight simulators at the time were lacking in realistic physics-based flight models, and decided to write a simulator that made learning physics concepts enjoyable.[6] It has been used as a teaching aid in classrooms,[6] and a community of add-on developers have created a multitude of add-ons to allow users to fly assorted real and fictional spacecraft and add new planets or planetary systems.[7][8]
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FAQwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "ORBITER Change Log". 10 December 2005. Archived from the original on 10 December 2005. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
- ^ https://www.orbiter-forum.com/threads/orbiter-2024-release.42062/
- ^ "Orbiter is now open source". Orbiter-forum.com. Martin Schweiger. 27 July 2021. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
- ^ Martin Schweiger
- ^ a b "Techhaze interview with Martin Schweiger". Archived from the original on 17 May 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
- ^ "The Space Review". Retrieved 5 August 2010.
- ^ "David Kluemper's Simulators". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2010.