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Open-source repository of Orbiter Space Flight Simulator

3 mentions on Hacker News by 3 people: 0 stories, 3 comments · first 2024-04-29 · latest 2026-10-04

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  1. …Orbiter Simulator? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbiter_(simulator) https://www.orbiter-forum.com/ https://github.com/orbitersim/orbiter I believe it supports C and Lua.
    comment by jakzurr · 2026-10-04 · in I asked Claude build a physically accurate O'Neill cylinder you can walk around
  2. We now have realistic simulators like: http://orbit.medphys.ucl.ac.uk/ -> (it's free and open-source: https://github.com/orbitersim/orbiter ) so now the main problem is building the hardware, there are a lot of solutions for the software…
    comment by rvnx · 2025-06-17 · in Honda conducts successful launch and landing of experimental reusable rocket
  3. …a commercial version: [1] https://www.orbiter-forum.com/threads/orbiter-is-now-open-so... [2] https://github.com/orbitersim/orbiter/blob/main/LICENSE
    comment by T-A · 2024-04-29 · in Reentry – An Orbital Simulator