Orbiter Screenshot Thread

[Wonderer]

Astrovan leaving with the astronauts. On the left the runway with the XL-70 and the Hyperdart. In the center the VAB and on the right the LC-39.

Driving

Astrovan arrived. In the distance you can see LC-39

XL-70 departs

climbing

HyperDart released. You can still see the XL-70

Coasting

And we're in orbit!

Reentering in the dart is The Hard Part :lol:
Also, did the XB-70 after separation became uncontrollable?

 

[Woo482]

How do you do that and with what spacecraft did you do that with?

The explosion effect is from mine and Loru's ETS series of launch vehicles http://orbiter-forum.com/showthread.php?t=22090

 

[Loru]

How do you do that and with what spacecraft did you do that with?

ETS launch vehicle and I did it with CTRL+A

edit:

:ninja: 'd by Woo

 

[Stevodoran]

Also how do you get that sun?

Thats photoshop :thumbup:

 

[ky]

Thats photoshop :thumbup:

I knew it was too good to be true lol

 

[IronRain]

Reentering in the dart is The Hard Part :lol:
Also, did the XB-70 after separation became uncontrollable?

Well, I've done quite some reentries so we'll see how it goes :thumbup:

And no, the XL-70 didn't became uncontrollable. I landed her safely back at KSC

 

[Loru]

MLP now has lights (they don't work yet but they will ).

 

[ky]

OFSS II STS-153 Practice flight

 

[Wonderer]

Well, I've done quite some reentries so we'll see how it goes :thumbup:

And no, the XL-70 didn't became uncontrollable. I landed her safely back at KSC

Strangely my XB-70 starts banking left like mad with or without the autopilot, so I need to test this on a clean instalation then :hmm:

 

[Scav]

I am such a nerd.

 

[Chub777]

Launch of SSM-2 (space station mission 2):

SRB separation:

1st stage separation:

MECO:

Separation of 2nd stage after a few orbits (invisible staging bug):

Now, which one is the payload:

Fregat can be seen in the background.

Closing in:

Even more closer:

A few more adjustments:

Hard dock:

The module (Zarya) will be re-docked later.

 

[ky]

Time for the actual launch.

 

[Scruce]

Upcoming WSA mission: JAVELIN Communication Site 12 at Kennedy Space Center with a USN Sea King in the background:

 

[Pablo49]

Launch of SSM-2 (space station mission 2):

-snip-

Why didn't you just use a Proton? You are using quite the over powered launcher.

 

[astrosammy]

Changing the orbital elements of Apophis to get a good flyby...

Epoch =  2029.28245494
SemiMajorAxis =  1.730709101e+011 ;m
Eccentricity =  0.233006
Inclination =  0.11712 ;rad
LongAscNode =  3.55552 ;rad
LongPerihelion =  4.72786 ;rad
MeanLongitude =  3.95621 ;rad

Created with elements from http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov and works good with [ame="http://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=3470"]A.R.T.[/ame]. Below is a scenario with a Deltaglider as Apophis:

 

[Chub777]

Why didn't you just use a Proton? You are using quite the over powered launcher.

One in orbit, you don't have much fuel for aligning and syncing. I ended up with around 300 tons of spare fuel with the Ariane 6. :leaving:

 

[IronRain]

Turning to KSC

Lining up with the runway

Welcome home HyperDart!

 

[Loru]

2 VABS erected in Jarvis Space Center

 

[IronRain]

Apollo 20 on Tycho North Rim

 

[Stevodoran]