Launch of a Rocket: Rectilinear Climbing Powered Flight in Atmosphere Followed by Coasting

S.N. Maitra

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Volume 2 | Issue 2 | Year 2024 | Article Id: MS-V2I2P102

Launch of a Rocket: Rectilinear Climbing Powered Flight in Atmosphere Followed by Coasting

S.N. Maitra

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11 Apr 2024	10 May 2024	08 Jun 2024	28 Jun 2024

Citation

S.N. Maitra. “Launch of a Rocket: Rectilinear Climbing Powered Flight in Atmosphere Followed by Coasting.” DS Journal of Modeling and Simulation, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 21-32, 2024.

Abstract

A Rocket/missile is constrained to fly in the atmosphere along an oblique path under the action of variable thrust and drag along the tangent to the flight path and gravitational force, whereas the component of the gravitational force balances the lift normal to the flight path at all time instants during the powered flight. At the end of the propellant consumption, the rocket travels freely as a projectile in the atmosphere. The governing differential equations of motion are set up and solved by applying the relevant initial conditions to determine the overall horizontal range due to the powered flight followed by the coasting flight.

Keywords

Flight path, Velocity, Horizontal distance, Gravitational force.

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