Fly a spacecraft to an orbital station in first person and dock with its active port. A simplified local relative-motion simulator for practising the approach, not a full orbital rendezvous model.
Keyboard: translate IJKLHN · rotate WASDQE
APPROACH
RANGE0.0m
CLOSING0.00m/s
FLT ASSIST ONFINE CONTROL
MOVE
TURN
MOVE
TURN
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Better on a computer
The Docking Simulator is made for a keyboard and a larger screen, so it plays best on a desktop or laptop.
You can still fly it here with on-screen controls: pick a joystick or big buttons above the view. Turning your device sideways gives you more room.
Your spacecraft starts about 180 m from the station, slightly off the approach axis and drifting. Fly to the active docking port (green lights, marked PORT on the HUD) and dock gently.
Procedure
Find the port reticle; read range and closing speed.
Cancel unwanted drift.
Line up: put the centre marker on the axis crosshairs and level the roll.
Translate until the port reticle sits on the crosshairs.
Close slowly, staying inside the corridor gates.
Keep the prograde marker on the port and slow down as you get near.
Touch at 0.2 m/s or less, within 0.25 m and 5°, rotating under 0.5°/s.
Controls
Touch
MOVE stick or arrows: translate · ▲ fwd / ▼ back: close in or back off · TURN stick or arrows: pitch and yaw · ↺ ↻: roll · FINE: gentler thrust. Choose Joystick or Buttons above the view.
Translate
I up · K down · J left · L right · H forward · N back
Rotate
W pitch up · S pitch down · A yaw left · D yaw right · Q roll left · E roll right
Also
Hold Shift for fine thrust · F Flight Assist · P or Esc pause
HUD symbols
Centre marker: where your docking port points
Port reticle: the active docking port
Prograde: where you are actually moving
Axis crosshairs: the ideal docking axis
Flight Assist is on: it gently damps rotation and sideways drift, but you still steer, line up and control the closing speed. This is a simplified local relative-motion docking simulator, not a full orbital rendezvous simulation or a validated spacecraft model.