Rocket Catch Simulator

Setup

Falcon-class booster

Rocket

Mass 20,000 kg Drag coefficient 0.75 Cross-section 10 m^2

Air density 1.225 kg/m^3 Initial altitude 24.0 km Initial descent 300 m/s

Autopilot Suicide-burn guidance Target decel 2.0 m/s^2 Catch speed 2.0 m/s Max thrust 900 kN Throttle 45% Time scale 8.0x

Ready Coast phase

Altitude 24.0 km

Descent 300.0 m/s

Acceleration 0.00 m/s^2

Throttle 0%

Telemetry

T+0.0 s

Gravity 196.2 kN

Drag 413.4 kN

Thrust 0.0 kN

Net force 0.0 kN

196 kN

413 kN

0 kN

Fg = m * g

Fd = 0.5 * rho * v^2 * Cd * A

Fnet = Ft + Fd - Fg

a = Fnet / m