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Payload to LEO?
MiniTES
post Nov 10 2006, 06:08 PM
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Not exactly sure where to put this, but how would I go about calculating the paylad of a given launch vehicle to LEO? I always see people saying things like, "well, this gives you x tons to LEO, add another SRB and you get 2 more" - how do I calculate this? Is there a program I could get hold of?


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- MiniTES   Payload to LEO?   Nov 10 2006, 06:08 PM
- - djellison   I don't know of a program to work it out - it...   Nov 10 2006, 07:31 PM
|- - MiniTES   QUOTE (djellison @ Nov 10 2006, 07:31 PM)...   Nov 10 2006, 08:04 PM
- - djellison   Well - not a set of calculations...it's just a...   Nov 10 2006, 08:06 PM
- - edstrick   To do an accurate calculation, you need to know th...   Nov 11 2006, 11:09 AM

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