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Starship version3
I wanted to start a branch for Starship version3.

Let me thanks @BrianJ . My version 3 is basically his starship with a mesh change and RCS/thrust locations.

There are things I don't know like ...

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Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
Anyone would like to create an add-on for the NGRST? It is currently planned to be launched by a Falcon Heavy by late 2026 or mid-2027

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Still Learning
There seems to be a lot to learn to get the simulations to function correctly.

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Additional separate window on Windows 11
I'm launching Orbiter 2024 for the first time on a new laptop with Windows 11. Is it normal that an additional separate window (namely Modules\Server\Orbiter.exe) opens? I didn't notice that with Windows 10.


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The quest for proper time
Hi,
I'm trying to integrate proper time on vessels in Orbiter but I'm not sure about the time scales involved.
The goal is to have the computed proper time on a vessel landed on Earth elapse at a similar rate as Terrestrial Time.
Here is what I tried :
- integrate τ from a weak-field approximation:
dτ/dt = sqrt(1-v²/c²+2U/c²)
with
U=-Σi(GMi/ri) over a...

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