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Orbiter Tutorial: Orbital Operations

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Uploaded by on Mar 2, 2009

Second in a series of videos describing various orbital operations, this one explains periapsis of an orbit, apoapsis of an orbit, and how to adjust them. All of these videos are designed as tutorials for users of the Orbiter space flight simulator, downloadable at http://www.orbitersim.com

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  • @ng21644605 the information is "hidden" the manual. Try reading it.

  • Ive winged many flights back n forth to the moon using the dgiv :) its fun as hell the hardest part is re-entry into earths atmosphere, that 2% angle and speed around 17000mph is the toughest, I usually come back right in middle of the gulf and just cruise same alt to the cape and park her and pop canopy while rollin down the runway at around 40mph lol to add some drama

  • I do that my self. I found one day and have been doing that ever since. But was just wondering is there any special technique. thanks anyway!

  • What i do is just to turn my ship to face the same way as the earth is spinning... (right) and i just orbit when i reach space... simple....

  • thats my problem too im always on a LeO and drop back to earth

  • I just want to know how to stay on orbit and not fall back to earth after a few minutes.

  • all i can say is press ctrl-+ to slowly raise throttle and hold + to go full out throttle

  • appogee and perigee - The terms used to refer to the high and low points in an orbit. Because of so many variables a circular orbit is almost impossible to achieve.

    . However, adjusting your orbit is something you do only after you have achieved orbit.

    I've been looking for an orbitor "tutorial" that actually outines exactly which keyboard commands that

    will get the shuttle off the pad.

    I have not found one yet.

    Does anyone know where they are hidden ?

  • Nice vid. We need more orbiter tutorials :)

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