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Space Trajectories. Flat Earth Solutions

Author: Max CERF

Publication date: July 10, 2023

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3. Vertical shooting with variable thrust

American engineer and physicist R. H. Goddard invented the liquid rocket motor. After a successful first flight in 1926, Goddard set about tuning the engine to achieve the highest possible altitude with a rocket of a given mass. . This third problem (discussed in ) is to find the optimum thrust law for the Goddard problem, taking atmospheric braking into account.

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