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How high will this rocket be, when MECO occurs?
Find the altitude of the rocket at the time of engine cut-off.
Rocket Mass = 369208 kg,
Rocket Area = 391 m2,
Fuel = 170697 L,
Fuel density = 21 kg/l,
Exhaust Speed = 1338 m/s,
Exhaust Area = 164 m2
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What is missing in the conversion of specific impulse from units of seconds to thrust/mass flow rate? [duplicate]
I was trying to get the Specific Impulse of the Saturn V engines, hoping for a value in N/kg/s, as I need to know the mass consumption rate per thrust value. Any and all sources give me the value in ...
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Why is hydrogen better than helium as remass?
I just watched a very good YouTube video on why nuclear engines might be useful, and it also goes into why Hall Effect thrusters are super good at squeezing obscene ISP out of things.
During the video,...