Orbiter Scenario Editor

# Configuring a vessel

After clicking the Edit button on the main page, or after creating a new vessel, the editor will display the vessel configuration page for the selected vessel. From here you can control various aspects of the vessel’s state, such as its position, velocity, orientation, and vessel-specific parameters.

Note: Although not strictly necessary, it is sometimes useful to pause the simulation (with `Ctrl` `P` or by pressing the "P" button in the title bar of the editor dialog) before editing a vessel. Otherwise the continuously changing state parameters may make a precise configuration tricky.

The following configuration options are currently available:

- Orbital elements (freeflight mode)
- State vectors (freeflight mode)
- Vessel orientation (freeflight mode)
- Angular velocity (freeflight mode)
- Surface location (surface mode)
- Propellant levels
- Docking management