Orbiter Space Flight Simulator 2010 is a real-time 3D space
flight simulator developed by Dr. Martin Schweiger that was first released in
November 2000 and has gone through several updates with the most recent having
been released in August 2010. The program is available for free and weighs in
at approximately 2 GB as a compressed download and 3 GB when stored in a folder
(it can be run directly from a folder without writing anything to the system
registry).
The game attempts to simulate space flight by using
Newtonian physics in an effort to correct a perceived lack of realistic physics
based flight models in other space flight simulators that were available at the
time of initial development. It models with a high degree of accuracy planetary
motion, gravitational effects, atmospheric flight and orbital decay among other
things. It allows the user to experience both manned and unmanned space flight
missions.
