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Orbiter 2016 includes a number of spaceports modeled in the simulator. Below is a listing of those ports.
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[[Image:OrbitMFD.jpg|400px|thumb|right|<center>OrbitMFD showing the earth (gray) as well as the ship's orbit (green) and ISS orbit (yellow)</center>]]
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Any spaceport that indicates 0 visible pads includes a pad with zero dimension. These pads can be modified to include dimensions to make them useable. Any spaceport can be modified by the user and new spaceports can be added. Instructions to do so is included in Orbiter.pdf.<ref>Orbiter.pdf Orbiter Space Flight Simulator 2016 Edition, Martin Schweiger</ref>
 
  
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'''OrbitMFD''' is an MFD that comes with the stock installation of Orbiter. It provides a graphical and numerical representation of a ship's orbit.
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|colspan="5"|'''Stock Orbiter bases'''<ref>Orbiter\Config\Earth\Base</ref>
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== Credits ==
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OrbitMFD is supplied with the stock installation of the Orbiter Spaceflight Simulator as provided by Dr Martin Schweiger and has been a part of the simulator since its inception.
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== Operation ==
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OrbitMFD graphically shows the orbit of the ship in green and if a target is selected, the target's orbit, and a celestial body, typically the body with the most gravitational influence on the ship. Any body in the simulator can be selected to show the relation of the orbit to that body. In addition it will show a number of parameters. Pressing the SEL button on an MFD, OrbitMFD is the first MFD in the menu. The graphics will also display the ascending node with a solid square along the orbit, the descending node with an open square with a dotted line between the two, also the apoapsis with an open circle and periapsis with a solid circle. In addition, in the bottom center of the MFD, 'G' will show the amount of gravitational influence of the reference body (0 to 1.00), and will be green greater than 0.50, yellow less than 0.50.
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|colspan="3"|<center>'''OrbitMFD'''</center>
 
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|'''Base'''||'''Longitude'''||'''Latitude'''||'''Runways'''||'''Visible Pads'''
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|<center>'''Button'''</center>||<center>'''HotKey'''</center>||<center>'''Description'''</center>
 
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|[[Al Anbar]]||43°0'0" E||33°30'0" N||0||0
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|Orbit||X||The body about which the ship is orbiting automatically the body with the greatest gravitational influence on the ship, any body may be selected.
 
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|[[Alcantara]]||44°22'48" W||2°16'48" S||0||0
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|REF||Shift+R||Select the orbit reference body.
 
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|[[Baikonur]]||63°19'48" E||45°55'12" N||1||7
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|AR||Shift+A||OrbitMFD will select the reference body automatically, the body with the greatest gravitational influence on the ship.
 
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|Barent Sea||35°18'0" N||69°18'0" E||0||0
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|TGT||Shift+N||Select a target vessel or natural body orbiting the same reference body.
 
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|[[Kennedy Space Center|Cape Canaveral (Kennedy Space Center)]]||80°39'6" W||28°35'4" N||2||10
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|NT||Shift+N||Deselects the target so that there is no target vessel or body.
 
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|[[China Lake]]||117°41'24" W||35°41'24" N||0||0
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|MOD||Shift+M||Changes the display mode: Graphics + parameters, graphics only, or parameters only.
 
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|[[Doberai]]||132°30'0" E||1°0'0" S||0||6
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|FRM||Shift+F||Frame of reference, equatorial or ecliptic.
 
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|[[Edwards Air Force Base]]||117°53'24" W||34­°55'12" N||3||2
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|PRJ||Shift+P||Orbital projection, reference frame, or ship's and target's frame.
 
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|[[Gran Canaria]]||15°12'0" W||27°36'0" N||0||0
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|DST||Shift+D||Switches parameters to distance from center of body or to altitude of mean radius of body.
 
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|[[Habana]]||82°24'0" W||23°0'0"||1||4
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|HUD||Shift+H||Switches HUD to Orbit mode.
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|[[Hammaguira]]||3°4'48" W||34°0'0" N||0||0
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|[[Inyokern]]||117°49'48" W||35°39'36" N||0||0
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|colspan="3"|<center>'''OrbitMFD orbital parameters'''</center>
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|[[Jingyu]]||126°30'0" W||42°12'0" N||0||0
 
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|[[Jiuquan]]||100°18'0" W||41°6'0" N||0||0
 
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|[[Kagoshima]]||131°6'0" E||31°15'0" N||0||0
 
 
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|[[Kapustin Yar]]||45°48'0" E||48°30'36" N||0||0
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|<center>'''Name'''<center>||<center>'''Parameter'''</center>||<center>'''Description'''</center>
 
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|[[Kourou]]||52°43'48" W||5°12'0" N||0||4
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|SMa||Semimajor axis (m, km, AU)||One-half the length of the long axis of the orbit
 
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|[[Matagorda]]||96°30'0" W||28°30'0" N||0||0
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|SMi||Semiminor axis (m, km, AU)||One-half the length of the short axis of the orbit
 
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|[[Musudan]]||129°30'0" E||40°30'0" N||0||0
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|PeR<br>PeA||[[Periapsis]] radius (m, km, AU)<br>Perapsis altitude (m, km, AU)||<center>By selecting DST:</center>Periapsis distance from the center of the body<br>Periapsis altitude from mean radius.
 
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|[[Overberg]]||20°19'12" E||34°34'48" S||0||0
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|ApR<br>ApA||[[Apoapsis]] radius (m, km, AU)<br>Apoapsis altitude (m, km, AU)||<center>By selecting DST:</center>Apoapsis distance from the center of the body<br>Apoapsis altitude from mean radius.
 
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|[[Palmachim]]||34°42'0" E||31°54'0" N||0||0
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|Rad<br>Alt||Ship's current radius (m, km, AU)<br>Ship's current altitude (m, km, AU)||<center>By selecting DST:</center>Ship's current distance from the center of the body<br>Ships current altitude from mean radius.
 
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|[[Peenemunde|Peenemünde]]||13°54'0" E||54°6'0" N||0||0
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|Ecc||[[Eccentricity]]||Circular = 0, Elliptical o - 1, Hyperbolic >1
 
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|[[Plesetsk]]||40°21'0" E||62°0'0" N||0||0
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|T||Period of Revolution (seconds)||How long it takes to go once around
 
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|[[Salto di Quirra]]||9°39'0" E||39°30'0" N||0||1
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|PeT||Time remaining until Periapsis (seconds)||Time until the next low point in orbit
 
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|[[San Marco]]||40°12'36" E||2°55'48" S||0||0
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|ApT||Time remaining until Apoapsis (seconds)||Time until the next high point in orbit
 
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|[[Sriharikota]]||80°18'0" E||13°48'0" N||0||0
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|Vel||Velocity (m/s)||How fast the ship is going in its orbit
 
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|[[Svobodniy]]||138°30'0" E||51°30'0" N||0||0
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|Inc||Inclination (°)||Orbital tilt from equator/ecliptic
 
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|[[Taiyuan]]||111°30'0" E||37°48'0" N||0||0
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|LAN||Longitude of Ascending Node (°)||Measured from Vernal Equinox
 
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|[[Tanegashima]]||131°0'0" E||30°24'0" N||0||0
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|LPe||Longitude of Periapsis (°)||Measured from Varnal Equinox
 
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|[[Vandenberg Air Force Base]]||120°37'12" W||34°34'48" N||0||0
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|AgP||Argument of Periapsis (°)||
 
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|[[Wallops Flight Facility|Wallops Island (Wallops Flight Facility)]]||75°28'48" W||37°49'48" N||0||0
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|TrA||True Anomaly (°)||
 
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|[[White Sands Space Harbor|White Sands Space Harbor)]]||106°25'10.3" W||32°56'35.7" N||3||1
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|TrL||True Longitude (°)||
 
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|[[Woomera]]||136°48'0" W||31°6'0" S||1||8
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|MnA||Mean Anomaly (°)||
 
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|[[Wuzhai]]||108°2'0" E||38°36'0' N||0||0
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|MnL||Mean Longitude (°)||
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|[[Xichang]]||102°18'0" E||28°6'0" N||0||0
 
 
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== See also ==
 
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[[Spaceport|Real world spaceports]]
 
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== References ==
 
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<references/>
 
  
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[[Category: Articles]]
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*Semimajor Axis
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[[Category: Surface bases]]
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*Semiminor axis
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*Longitude of Ascending Node
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*Longitude of Periapsis
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*Argument of Periapsis
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*Eccentricity
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*Mean Anomaly
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*Eccentric Anomaly
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*True Anomaly
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*True Longitude
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*Mean Longitude

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