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Is there any way for retrieving the elevation of an arbitrary point () in the surface of a planet? I can get the elevation of my vessel with vessel:get_surfaceelevation() but I can't find a method to retrieve the elevation of another location in the planet, given its coordinates.

I have just wrote an atmosphere module for Titan, the largest Saturn's moon and the only one with a big atmosphere. The module is based on the real data provided by the Huygens probe during her reentry and descent into the Titan's atmosphere. It extends until 1500 km from de moon surface. The...

I am wondering if it is possible to stabilize the orbit for a particular vessel so it won't degrade during simulation due to athmospheric drag, different gravity sources, etc. For expample, i am targetting certain space station orbiting some random far planet, but when I arrive some month/years...

I found a bug (IMO) in IMFD 5.x returning to Earth from Neptune. Orbiter version: 2006/2010 IMFD version: at least 5.3, 5.5 Steps to reproduce - Select Course->Target Intercept - Set Earth as target and Neptune as source - Set TEj to MJD 59432.6 and TIn to MJD= 63263.7 You'll see the...