About Orbiter
Orbiter is a free spaceflight simulator for the PC.
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Storyline
Imagine sitting in the commander’s seat of NASA’s shuttle Orbiter... With your back to the Earth and your face to the heavens you prepare yourself for the final seconds before lift-off. Moments from now you will experience the effects of 3 g’s (3 times the force of gravity on earth) as the shuttle system lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center. For now your thoughts turn to final system checks and the voice of Mission Control. At T-00:03 seconds the first of three main engines ignites, at T-00:02 the shuttle’s Solid Rocket Boosters ignite and you are on your way. Five on-board computers process thousands of bits of data each second as you are hurtled into space. At T+02:12 you are traveling at Mach 4.5 and have reached an altitude of 28 miles. At T+06:30 minutes into the flight you are tr
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About Orbiter
Orbiter is a game developed by Spectrum HoloByte, Inc.. Released in 1986, Orbiter falls under the Simulator genre..
The game is available on Atari-ST, Mac, DOS.. Game modes include Single player.
The game explores themes of Non-fiction, Educational and is played from a First person/Text perspective.. Players who enjoy Orbiter might also like the 8 similar games listed above.