# Advanced Space Flight — Realistic space simulator

> Realistic space simulator for interplanetary and interstellar travel with relativistic effects. (iPhone/iPad app by Guillermo Pawlowsky.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/advanced-space-flight/id1288137824 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Guillermo Pawlowsky](https://appshunter.io/developer/1288137823)
- Category: Games, Education, Simulation
- Price: $4.99
- Rating: 4.30/5 from 36 App Store ratings · 32 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 13.0 · 180 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2017-09-28
- Data updated: 2026-08-28
- Monetization: paid
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/advanced-space-flight/id1288137824/reviews.md

## What is Advanced Space Flight?

Advanced Space Flight is a realistic space simulator for interplanetary and interstellar travel. It is the only space simulator available that takes into account relativistic effects during interstellar flight.
Besides simulating space flight this app can also be used as a planetarium, with all known planets shown in real scale with their accurate keplerian orbits. It can also be used as a star chart and exoplanet explorer, showing all solar systems with confirmed exoplanets within 50 light years from the Sun.
This is the only app where you can get a sense of the true scale of the Universe, zooming out throught thousands of galaxies and galaxy clusters until you see the entire observable universe in your screen.

Locations:
- All Solar System planets plus 5 dwarf planets and 27 moons
- All confirmed exoplanetary solar systems within 50 light years from the Sun, making a total of over 100+ exoplanets.
- Over 50+ stars, including main sequence stars like the Sun, red dwarfs like TRAPPIST-1, white dwarfs like Sirius B, brown dwarfs like 54 Piscium B, etc.
- Experience the full scale of the Universe: you can zoom out from a few meters to billions of light years, until you see the entire observable universe in your screen.

Flight Modes:
- Realistic Flight: Travel using optimized trajectories, calculated based on the orbital parameters of the origin and destination planets to minimize fuel usage. These are the kind of trajectories that would be used in a real space mission.
- Free Flight: Take manual control of a spaceship in space, activating the engines as you see fit to achieve your goals.

Spaceships:
Advanced Space Flight features several spacecraft, based on present and future technology:
- Space Shuttle (Chemical Rocket): Designed in 1968-1972 by NASA and North American Rockwell. It has been in service from 1981 to 2011, making it the most successful reusable spacecraft ever built.
- Falcon Heavy (Chemical Rocket): Designed and manufactured by SpaceX, made its first flight in 2018.
- Nuclear Ferry (Nuclear Thermal Rocket): Designed in 1964 by Ling-Temco-Vought Inc.
- Lewis Ion Rocket (Ion Drive): Designed in a 1965 study by the Lewis Research Center.
- Project Orion (Nuclear Pulse Propulsion): Designed in 1957-1961 by General Atomics. Some early prototypes were built before the project was abandoned after 1963.
- Project Daedalus (Fusion Rocket): Designed in 1973-1978 by the British Interplanetary Society.
- Antimatter Startship (Antimatter Rocket): First proposed in the early 1950s, the concept was further studied after advances in antimatter physics in the 80s and 90s.
- Bussard Ramjet (Fusion Ramjet): First proposed in 1960 by Robert W. Bussard, design was improved in 1989 by Robert Zubrin and Dana Andrews.
- IXS Enterprise (Alcubierre Warp Drive): Based on a concept design fom NASA designed in 2008 and popularized in 2015, it was the first serious attempt to design a superluminal spacecraft.

Artificial Satellites:
Several human-made satellites are present in the app:
- Sputnik 1
- Hubble Space Telecope
- Internation Space Station
- Kepler Space Observatory
- Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
- James Webb Space Telescope

Effects:
- Atmospheric light scattering effects, making atmospheres look realistic both from space and from the surface of planets.
- Planetary clouds that move at different speed than the surface.
- Clouds in tidal-locked planets form giant hurricanes, caused by the Coriolis force.
- Stars with volumetric corona and lens flares. Star color determined by surface temperature.
- Planetary rings with realistic light scattering and real-time shadows from the planet.
- Realtivistic effects when travelling close to the speed of light: time dilation, length contraction and relativistic doppler effect.

Join our discord community for discussions or suggestions about the app:
https://discord.gg/guHq8gAjpu

You can also contact me by email if you have any complaint or suggestion:
gpawlowsky@gmail.com

## Key features

- Realistic space flight simulation
- Relativistic effects for interstellar travel
- Planetarium with real-scale planets and orbits
- Star chart and exoplanet explorer
- Full-scale universe exploration
- Multiple spacecraft and flight modes

## Recent user reviews (10 of 32)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/advanced-space-flight/id1288137824/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Best space flight app ever!

*2026-07-02*

This is just pro, this is one of MY FAVORITE apps, 55 Cancri e looks awesome. I would never rate this at 1 star. Please add search ingame and add A lot of other exoplanets and black holes ingame and also add Atmosphere and Clouds toggles ingame and Exoplanet textures for night sides of Exoplanets ingame and Search button in the next update and update this app more.

### 4/5 — Needs more rockets

*2026-06-07*

That’s all

### 5/5 — Idea

*2026-01-12*

Add proton K and M

### 5/5 — Random suggestion

*2025-12-06*

The ISX Enterprise should have a optional speed
What I’m trying to say is that when you fly this rocket you can type a amount of times the speed of light
You can add it if you want to.
Cheers

### 5/5 — Idea

*2025-07-24, version 1.14.0*

Add skylon

### 5/5 — Idea

*2025-04-28*

Add sea dragon, as a rocket

### 5/5 — ❤️

*2024-09-22*

Топ приложение! Позволяет путешествовать по космосу на разных космических кораблях, идеи которых действительно существуют на данный момент! Есть релятивистский эффект, когда не можешь превысить скорость света, и твой корабль сжимается. Добавлено много объектов, звёзд, планет. Даже добавлены изображения галактик, до которых можно долететь! Рекомендую для любителей космических путешествий!

### 4/5 — I like it

*2023-06-16*

Can you add infinity fuel and faster space craft and can you put it where we can travel to different galaxies plz

### 4/5 — Love the game but…

*2023-03-09*

I love interstellar and interplanetary travel but intergalactic travel is what’s missing. I wish u could travel to other galaxies with more system’s can u please add this

### 5/5 — Mr. 2340

*2021-12-08*

It’s very good and all but maybe you could read some thing where you can actually land a rocket onto earth and you could probably add the star uy scuti and the black hole ton 618

## Frequently asked questions about Advanced Space Flight

### What is Advanced Space Flight?

Advanced Space Flight is a realistic space simulator designed for both interplanetary and interstellar travel. It uniquely accounts for relativistic effects during interstellar journeys. The app also functions as a planetarium and star chart, displaying celestial bodies in real scale with accurate orbital data.

### What kind of celestial bodies can I explore?

You can explore all Solar System planets, dwarf planets, and moons, as well as over 100 confirmed exoplanets in solar systems within 50 light years. The app also includes over 50 stars of various types and allows you to view the entire observable universe.

### What are the flight modes available?

The app offers two primary flight modes: Realistic Flight, which uses optimized trajectories calculated for minimal fuel usage, mimicking real space missions, and Free Flight, where you take manual control of a spaceship to achieve your own objectives.

### What spacecraft are included in the simulator?

Advanced Space Flight features a variety of spacecraft based on current and future technologies. These include the Space Shuttle, Falcon Heavy, Nuclear Ferry, Lewis Ion Rocket, Project Orion, Project Daedalus, Antimatter Starship, Bussard Ramjet, and the IXS Enterprise with an Alcubierre Warp Drive.

### Is this app free to download and use?

Based on the provided information, this application is a paid product. It does not appear to have in-app purchases or advertisements, suggesting a one-time purchase model for full access.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.16.1 — 2025-10-30

Changes in version 1.16.1:
- Fixed security bug from Unity 2017.1
- Added Barnard's Star

### 1.16.0 — 2025-09-05

Changes in version 1.16.0:
- Software migrated to Unity 6
- Updated Unity IAP to version 4.13.0
- Spaceships in Free Flight mode now start in a stable orbit
- Added option for precalculated trajectories to a star's orbit
- Jupiter is now used for size comparison of extrasolar gas giants
- Added Proxima Centauri b
- Fixed some bugs
- Added Teegarden d
- Added new star systems: GJ 1002, HN Librae, EQ Pegasi A, Wolf 1069, HIP 86057, L 363-38, HIP 64797 A, GJ 806, HIP 77358, Luhman 16, Gliese 12
- Changed color of brown dwarfs
- Added option to select ambient music track
- Resized dropdown menu for destination star system
- Added higher resolution textures for some planets and moons
- Implemented auto-rotation to adjust landscape screen orientation
- Auto zoom to selected object now cancels when zooming out

### 1.14.0 — 2023-04-22

Version 1.14.0:
- Fixed lowest Hyperion orbit
- Fixed typo in star system Innes' Star
- Removed star corona from white dwarfs
- Fixed star class of 82 Eridani
- Change in the camera distance that allows selection of a spaceship that is orbiting a planet
- Added lock button for the timeslider
- Added Proxima Centauri c and d
- Fixed interface for some wider resolutions
- Changed 3D models for Nuclear Ferry and IXS Enterprise
- Added persistence of spaceships that have landed on a planet or moon

### 1.13.2 — 2022-12-30

Version 1.13.2:
- Unity IAP library updated to version 4.5.0
- Changed texture of Haumea

### 1.13.1 — 2022-09-29

Changes in version 1.13.1:
- Fixed bug that caused Phoebe to dissapear
- Fixed wrong Wikipedia links in Gliese 96

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## More apps by Guillermo Pawlowsky

- [Advanced Space Flight Lite](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/advanced-space-flight-lite/id1294375769)

All apps by Guillermo Pawlowsky: https://appshunter.io/developer/1288137823

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