satellite "game"

GoneShootin · 02-10-2002 4:26pm #1

funucational

i had it working for a while, but the elipse just got bigger and bigger

to make your satellite, just click in the black void

i got it !!...cept its goin round the moon

po0k · 02-10-2002 4:52pm

Beep beep, little satellite
Say that he'll be home tonight
Beep beep, little satellite
Say he'll make me feel alright
Beep beep, little satellite
Please, please shine your guidin' light so bright
Say that he'll be home tonight

El Marco · 02-10-2002 5:26pm

That is just plain coll aif

Dustaz · 02-10-2002 6:34pm

easy

ok, its in the most ****ed up orbit ever, but its working

edit: Much more fun to see how many you can get in unstable orbits and then watch them rain fiery death on earth. I have about 15 orbiting atm, w00t

po0k · 02-10-2002 6:46pm

the applet doesn't load for me in IE5.5 or Opera 6.05

Mossy Monk · 02-10-2002 10:47pm

i don't get it at all. what am i supposed to do

GoneShootin · 03-10-2002 10:26am

mossy monk

first off, when the applet loads you should see the Earth and Moon in an orbit around it.

Now, left click anywhere in Space and you will see a white dot, this represents a man-made satellite. You must try and get the satellite to orbit the earth for as long as possible.

Mossy Monk · 03-10-2002 11:11am

i can get it to orbit the moon a few times but not a hope with the earth. it gives me something to do for the day

Dustaz · 03-10-2002 1:58pm

5 of my satellites (out of about 20) are still orbiting the earth , like 18 hours after i set it off

Mossy Monk · 03-10-2002 2:35pm

i finally got one to go around the earth but i just clicked all over space in the hope of one working and voila. it's been there for about 2 hours now

TomTom · 03-10-2002 2:40pm

had 8, now six going non stop around the earth. Cannot get them to stay on the moon.

LoBo · 03-10-2002 2:43pm

click and drag for starting point and velocity. Looks interesting... lessee

Dustaz · 03-10-2002 9:05pm

Originally posted by Dustaz
5 of my satellites (out of about 20) are still orbiting the earth , like 18 hours after i set it off

Fs only one left

Spunog UIE · 03-10-2002 9:33pm

have loads goin in both directions. Like 70 on it now for the last ages. Left one goin incollege too i say they still be there come morning

swiss · 03-10-2002 11:50pm

Originally posted by LoBo:

click and drag for starting point and velocity.

D'oh. I had spent ages trying to click on some point behind the moon trying to give the satellite some intial velocity, and eventually found that it orbited too far away from the earth, so that the gravity of the moon (invariably) pulled my ickle satellite away from it's proper (elliptical) orbit.

Cool link btw, kept me amused for ages. What a simple mind I have

Makaveli · 04-10-2002 1:19am

Originally posted by swiss
eventually found that it orbited too far away from the earth, so that the gravity of the moon (invariably) pulled my ickle satellite away from it's proper (elliptical) orbit.

That keeps happening to me.

[edit]Yes, I got one to work properly. No sign of it crashing yet either.[/edit]

Monty - the one and only · 04-10-2002 5:33am

Ive only got 5 left out of the 30 I launched at about 22 hrs ago...I had more but they kept coliding

3 are in fairly tight orbits while the other 2 make an appearnce every 4 min or so

Kairo · 04-10-2002 8:35am

Can anyone get a stable satellite to go around the moon? It must be possible

I also spent ages trying to get a satellite that went around the earth and in moon in a figure 8 type thing...highest I got was 2 cycles before it landed somewhere in the pacific

mrblue · 04-10-2002 8:44am

Genius. I want some explosions when these suckers hit america though

Paulg · 07-10-2002 9:08am

I started one of mine going on friday evening, and its still going now..

OSiriS · 07-10-2002 9:47pm

I managed to get one to do about 20 figure of 8 orbits around the earth and moon=]

satellite "game"

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