X-Space
X-Space is an aerospace simulator. It runs inside X-Plane flight simulator, and extends it by adding various aerospace related features:
Orbital flight simulation (uses custom physics engine to override X-Plane physics at high altitudes)
Detailed atmospheric model (including exosphere, high-altitude atmospheric drag)
Provides information about partial concentrations and densities of atmospheric gases
Atmospheric scattering visible from orbit (for X-Plane 9, X-Plane 10 without HDR)
Clouds visible from orbit (procedural clouds based on realtime weather)
Support for any amount of custom engines (reaction control engines, additional rocket engines)
Different visual effects based on fuel used in the rocket engine
Detailed engine performance simulation (variation in thrust with external pressure)
Support for multiple stages/multi-part vessels
Advanced networking support (multiplayer)
Fuselage drag simulation (drag from capsules, hypersonic vessels)
Heating simulation (covers a wide range of external pressures and velocities)
Visual effects from heating (glow due to heat radiation, plasma trail)
Earth magnetic field simulation (fairly precise magnetic field data from WMM)
Earth gravitational field simulation (non-spherical gravity based on EGM96 model)
Material simulation (simulates properties of various materials the spacecraft is constructed from)
Extra camera views (relative to vessel reference point, vessel center of mass)
Vertical launch pads
Support for extra fuel tanks (or additional weights)
Additional fuel tanks and weights contribute to center of mass calculation
Simulates planet rotation
Publishes a large amount of variables (datarefs) accessible by other plugins
Screenshots
Videos
Download X-Space for Windows, Linux, Mac OS
It is compatible with X-Plane 9 and X-Plane 10.
Development documentation: http://dev.wireos.com/trac/x-space
Download source code from Mercurial repository:
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