About Advanced Space Flight
Realistic space flight simulator for interplanetary and interstellar travel Advanced Space Flight is a realistic space simulator for interplanetary and interstellar travel. It is the only space simulator available that...
Realistic space flight simulator for interplanetary and interstellar travel
Advanced Space Flight is a realistic space simulator for interplanetary and interstellar travel. It is the only space simulator available that takes into account relativistic effects during interstellar flight.
Besides simulating space flight this app can also be used as a planetarium, with all known planets shown in real scale with their accurate keplerian orbits. It can also be used as a star chart and exoplanet explorer, showing all solar systems with confirmed exoplanets within 50 light years from the Sun.
This is the only app where you can get a sense of the true scale of the Universe, zooming out throught thousands of galaxies and galaxy clusters until you see the entire observable universe in your screen.
Locations:
- All Solar System planets plus 5 dwarf planets and 27 moons
- All confirmed exoplanetary solar systems within 50 light years from the Sun, making a total of over 100+ exoplanets.
- Over 50+ stars, including main sequence stars like the Sun, red dwarfs like TRAPPIST-1, white dwarfs like Sirius B, brown dwarfs like 54 Piscium B, etc.
- Experience the full scale of the Universe: you can zoom out from a few meters to billions of light years, until you see the entire observable universe in your screen.
Flight Modes:
- Realistic Flight: Travel using optimized trajectories, calculated based on the orbital parameters of the origin and destination planets to minimize fuel usage. These are the kind of trajectories that would be used in a real space mission.
- Free Flight: Take manual control of a spaceship in space, activating the engines as you see fit to achieve your goals.
Spaceships:
Advanced Space Flight features several spacecraft, based on present and future technology:
- Space Shuttle (Chemical Rocket): Designed in 1968-1972 by NASA and North American Rockwell. It has been in service from 1981 to 2011, making it the most successful reusable spacecraft ever built.
- Falcon Heavy (Chemical Rocket): Designed and manufactured by SpaceX, made its first flight in 2018.
- Nuclear Ferry (Nuclear Thermal Rocket): Designed in 1964 by Ling-Temco-Vought Inc.
- Lewis Ion Rocket (Ion Drive): Designed in a 1965 study by the Lewis Research Center.
- Project Orion (Nuclear Pulse Propulsion): Designed in 1957-1961 by General Atomics. Some early prototypes were built before the project was abandoned after 1963.
- Project Daedalus (Fusion Rocket): Designed in 1973-1978 by the British Interplanetary Society.
- Antimatter Startship (Antimatter Rocket): First proposed in the early 1950s, the concept was further studied after advances in antimatter physics in the 80s and 90s.
- Bussard Ramjet (Fusion Ramjet): First proposed in 1960 by Robert W. Bussard, design was improved in 1989 by Robert Zubrin and Dana Andrews.
- IXS Enterprise (Alcubierre Warp Drive): Based on a concept design fom NASA designed in 2008 and popularized in 2015, it was the first serious attempt to design a superluminal spacecraft.
Artificial Satellites:
Several human-made satellites are present in the app:
- Sputnik 1
- Hubble Space Telecope
- Internation Space Station
- Kepler Space Observatory
- Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
- James Webb Space Telescope
Effects:
- Atmospheric light scattering effects, making atmospheres look realistic both from space and from the surface of planets.
- Planetary clouds that move at different speed than the surface.
- Clouds in tidal-locked planets form giant hurricanes, caused by the Coriolis force.
- Stars with volumetric corona and lens flares. Star color determined by surface temperature.
- Planetary rings with realistic light scattering and real-time shadows from the planet.
- Realtivistic effects when travelling close to the speed of light: time dilation, length contraction and relativistic doppler effect.
Join our discord community for discussions or suggestions about the app:
https://discord.gg/guHq8gAjpu
You can also contact me by email if you have any complaint or suggestion:
[email protected]
Apr 22, 2023
Version 1.14.0
Version 1.14.0:
- Fixed lowest Hyperion orbit
- Fixed typo in star system Innes' Star
- Removed star corona from white dwarfs
- Fixed star class of 82 Eridani
- Change in the camera distance that allows selection of a spaceship that is orbiting a planet
- Added lock button for the timeslider
- Added Proxima Centauri c and d
- Fixed interface for some wider resolutions
- Changed 3D models for Nuclear Ferry and IXS Enterprise
- Added persistence of spaceships that have landed on a planet or moon
Previous Versions
Here you can find the changelog of Advanced Space Flight since it was posted on our website on 2020-12-01 08:25:03.
The latest version is 1.14.0 and it was updated on 2024-04-22 09:14:57. See below the changes in each version.
Advanced Space Flight version 1.14.0
Updated At: 2023-04-22
Changes: Apr 22, 2023
Version 1.14.0
Version 1.14.0:
- Fixed lowest Hyperion orbit
- Fixed typo in star system Innes' Star
- Removed star corona from white dwarfs
- Fixed star class of 82 Eridani
- Change in the camera distance that allows selection of a spaceship that is orbiting a planet
- Added lock button for the timeslider
- Added Proxima Centauri c and d
- Fixed interface for some wider resolutions
- Changed 3D models for Nuclear Ferry and IXS Enterprise
- Added persistence of spaceships that have landed on a planet or moon
Advanced Space Flight version 1.13.2
Updated At: 2022-12-30
Changes: Dec 30, 2022
Version 1.13.2
Version 1.13.2:
- Unity IAP library updated to version 4.5.0
- Changed texture of Haumea
Advanced Space Flight version 1.12.1
Updated At: 2022-03-25
Changes: Mar 25, 2022 Version 1.12.1
Changes in version 1.12.1:
- Fixed lighting problem with Proteus
- Added indicator for Apparent Magnitude
- Fixed bug that hanged the app under some circumstances
- Changed orientation of the James Webb Space Telescope
- Added new star systems: CD Ceti, Gliese 367
- Added new planet: AU Microscopii c
- Software migrated to Unity 2019
- Fixed bug that showed wrong mass of Earth in planet information screen
- Removed Ads
Advanced Space Flight version 1.12.0
Updated At: 2021-11-26
Changes: Nov 26, 2021 Version 1.12.0
Changes in version 1.12.0:
Fixed wrong mass and radius of TRAPPIST-1
Added new feature to compare other planets to Earth, satellites to the Moon, and stars to the Sun.
Unlocked Lewis Ion Rocket for free
Added new moons: Phoebe, Proteus and Nereid
Added new systems: Procyon, Gliese 887, Glise 393, GJ 1151, Glise 486, Gliese 740, Lambda Serpentis, Gliese 414 A, HD 22496
Added new exoplanets in Gliese 411, Gliese 687, Gliese 849, L 98-59
Updated launch date for James Webb Space Telescope
Advanced Space Flight version 1.11.0
Updated At: 2021-04-02
Changes: Apr 2, 2021 Version 1.11.0
Changes in version 1.11.0
New feature to show the scale of stars, planets and moons. It will also help to get a general view of star systems without the need to zoom on them
Modified control of the IXS Enterprise to allow to select warp speed in Free Flight mode
Added GJ 9066
Added Gliese 251
Added HIP 48714
Added HD 190007
Added Gliese 480
Added HD 238090
Added 2 new planets to Gliese 433
Advanced Space Flight version 1.10.0
Updated At: 2020-12-08
Changes: Dec 8, 2020 Version 1.10.0
Modified the control of thrusters Free Flight mode
Fixed bug that caused some planets to render incorrectly in Planet Information screen
Modified position of the interface for selecting launch windows
Increased maximum warp speed of IXS Enterprise to 10000c
Added Groombridge 34
Added Epsilon Indi
Added Gliese 1061
Added Gliese 682
Added Gliese 229
Added Gliese 338
Added LTT 1445
Added GJ 3512
Added Au Microscopii
Added L 98-59
Added Gliese 180
Added Inne's Star (GJ 422)
Removed Fomalhaut
Advanced Space Flight version 1.9.3
Updated At: 1970-01-01
Changes: 2020年6月28日 Version 1.9.3
Version 1.9.3
Fixed bug that caused incorrect starting position of planets
Improved calculation of launch windows
Fixed mass of planet HR 8832 h
Changed models for Hydra and Nyx
Advanced Space Flight version 1.10.0
Updated At: 1970-01-01
Changes: 2020年12月8日 Version 1.10.0
Modified the control of thrusters Free Flight mode
Fixed bug that caused some planets to render incorrectly in Planet Information screen
Modified position of the interface for selecting launch windows
Increased maximum warp speed of IXS Enterprise to 10000c
Added Groombridge 34
Added Epsilon Indi
Added Gliese 1061
Added Gliese 682
Added Gliese 229
Added Gliese 338
Added LTT 1445
Added GJ 3512
Added Au Microscopii
Added L 98-59
Added Gliese 180
Added Inne's Star (GJ 422)
Removed Fomalhaut