Dead Orbit

Orbital salvage

Dead Orbit is a calm space-salvage game for PC. You fly a small tug from S-12, a recycling station in low Earth orbit, and bring dead satellites, rocket stages and station modules back one at a time.

You can plan trips with an orbit planner, which shows a wreck’s transfer path, travel time and remaining fuel and oxygen. Press ENTER to let the autopilot fly the route and hold the tug beside the wreck, or use Newtonian thrusters to fly manually. Orbital movement matters: burning prograde makes you climb and fall behind.