Orbiter (simulator)
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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 2016", was released on 30 August 2016, the first new version of the simulator since 2010.[3] On 27 July 2021, Dr Schweiger announced to the Orbiter Community that Orbiter is being published under open source MIT license.[4]
Developer(s) | Dr. Martin Schweiger |
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Initial release | 27 November 2000; 23 years ago (2000-11-27) |
Repository | github |
Written in | C++[1] |
Operating system | Windows Vista and later |
Size | 2.42 GB |
Available in | English |
Type | Simulation |
License | MIT license |
Website | orbit |
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]