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I want to calculate the capacities of launch vehicles to "Fill in the blanks" of this table derived from Wikipedia. See attached spread sheet.
Assume all capacities given in the table are correct(even though it's from a wiki source)
1. Fill in the Numbers only in the blank fields. No negative numbers.
2. For all other numbers give "theorhetical" or "Derived" capacity to the given target orbit.
3. Payload Physical dimension is irrelevant for this exercise. Simply assume the dimensions will fit the fairing configuration of the LV. Drag and gravity are not considered directly, assume maximum aerodynamic efficiency.
4. If no value exist for any target orbit, assume next lower capacity for the nearest rocket in the family plus 1%. (this will work for my appliciation)
5. This is the table of LVs I want to use disreguard any other LV, real or fictional.
A mathmatician should be able to create a simple excel formula to extrapolate the data for a given field, derived from one with a value, or from several values for the record in question.
I assume the following, but if you know better, please reorder or correct the altitude
1. HCO 600–800 km
2. SSO 600–800 km
3. LEO 2000 km
4. GTO 20,000-40,000 km
5. GEO 42,164 km
6. TLI 384,403 km
There are 226 records, some more complete than the others, some LV records are empty.
I'm sure if every rocket had a LEO capacity it would be easier to calculate what the highest target(TLI) capacity would be, provided the LV had enough delta v to get there.
I'm sure there are questions, let em fly'
Like ohms law there is a formula for every value in the table, I figure there must be a way to formulate this launch vehicle table of capacities.
Assume all capacities given in the table are correct(even though it's from a wiki source)
1. Fill in the Numbers only in the blank fields. No negative numbers.
2. For all other numbers give "theorhetical" or "Derived" capacity to the given target orbit.
3. Payload Physical dimension is irrelevant for this exercise. Simply assume the dimensions will fit the fairing configuration of the LV. Drag and gravity are not considered directly, assume maximum aerodynamic efficiency.
4. If no value exist for any target orbit, assume next lower capacity for the nearest rocket in the family plus 1%. (this will work for my appliciation)
5. This is the table of LVs I want to use disreguard any other LV, real or fictional.
A mathmatician should be able to create a simple excel formula to extrapolate the data for a given field, derived from one with a value, or from several values for the record in question.
I assume the following, but if you know better, please reorder or correct the altitude
1. HCO 600–800 km
2. SSO 600–800 km
3. LEO 2000 km
4. GTO 20,000-40,000 km
5. GEO 42,164 km
6. TLI 384,403 km
There are 226 records, some more complete than the others, some LV records are empty.
I'm sure if every rocket had a LEO capacity it would be easier to calculate what the highest target(TLI) capacity would be, provided the LV had enough delta v to get there.
I'm sure there are questions, let em fly'
Like ohms law there is a formula for every value in the table, I figure there must be a way to formulate this launch vehicle table of capacities.