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This article just teases interesting details. I want to see a simulator I can play with an move and rotate in 3d.
by Latteland 8y ago
This article just teases interesting details. I want to see a simulator I can play with an move and rotate in 3d.
- troymc 8y agoI wasn't able to find an interactive simulator online, but this video has a nice visualization: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5O77OV9_ek https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5O77OV9_ek
- DonaldPShimoda 8y agoKerbal Space Program [0] (available on Steam) is a good simulator for lots of space things, but by default does not support multi-body physics (which are necessary for simulation of Lagrange points). There is a mod called Principia [1] that adds this functionality, though I've not used it personally. Probably not exactly the type of simulator you were looking for, but could be something! [0] https://www.kerbalspaceprogram.com/en/ https://www.kerbalspaceprogram.com/en/ [1] https://github.com/mockingbirdnest/Principia https://github.com/mockingbirdnest/Principia
- walrus01 8y agoIf you get good at Kerbal Space Program, you can install the RSS (Real Solar System) mod that is a 1:1 scale of our solar system, and is correspondingly harder. You'll need to build things with about 7800-8000 m/s of delta-V to get to LEO. It doesn't simulate more than two bodies at a time, so gravitation influence of multiple planets and moons on an orbit are not simulated, however, you can do multiply sequential gravity assist missions.