Simulation of a Two Stage Rocket Trajectory to Place a Nanosatellite into Orbit
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https://doi.org/10.18667/cienciaypoderaereo.139Keywords:
Flight Path, Liquid Rocket, Low Earth Orbit (LEO), Nano - SatelliteAbstract
This article aims to study the possibility of launching a two-stage liquid propellant rocket in order to put into orbit a 4 Kg payload, equivalent to the mass of a 3U CubeSat. It presents a study with a conceptual design of the carrier rocket implementing a computer optimization code in order to reduce mass and increase takeoff speed. As a launch site the Air Force Base named Grupo Aéreo del Oriente (GAORI) in Marandua, State of Vichada, Colombia, was chosen, due to the fact that there is research in rocketry currently carried out there, and that the place has been used by universities for development of such investigations. Results were input into a computer code in FORTRAN developed at the National Astronomical Observatory of the National University of Colombia in order to study the flight path of the rocket during its ascent phase and entrance into orbit.
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