C++ is a traditional, powerful, and fast language used in artificial intelligence systems and robotics, among several other fields.
Would you like to make an elementary simulation of a satellite launching? Please, see our book about the C++ programming language!
We have also launched the software 'The C++ Project (free edition)'! See below.
Perceptions About Reality Through Simulations by Software: A few illustrations and annotations about The C++ Project
The software "The C++ Project (pro edition)" implements multi-ball collisions, simulations to study the concepts of force and energy, and "gravitational simulations" (practical to see the gravitational forces). In addition, it has an "information propagation" simulation, which illustrates information propagation based on a simplified model (using the collisions of the balls).
"The C++ Project (pro rounded)" version has the same simulations but has improved graphics and different echo effects.
In the simulation "Fifty balls; without gravity (gas simulation approximation). Piston under gravity.", it is possible to study the concepts of force and energy. The user can increase the system's energy in real-time (through heat, using the keys → and ←) and can verify the average elevation of the piston's potential energy (work done by the system). So, the program can illustrate the First Law of Thermodynamics, approximately. This simulation is also available in the "free" and the "programmable" edition of the software.
There is a gravitational simulation named "A Fictional Universe". Sometimes it is possible to watch the formation of objects representing approximately a planet and its satellite. There are two versions: the standard (the same as in the "free edition" or in the "programmable") and the "unstable" simulation, where the "fictional universe" is constantly changing.
In the "information propagation" simulations, we can observe the effect of the "memory" duration in the propagation and the result of several ball velocities.
It is possible to make a .txt file (plain text), following the instructions, to program all the parameters and simulate, for example, a simplified satellite launching. One ball is the planet, and the other is the satellite. The challenge is to choose the launching and orbit speeds, but there is a ready-to-run "satellite launching", too!