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Uchusen Rockets宇宙船

Rockets drawn from sourced sizes: line drawings and painted 3D views you drop into a page, take apart and turn round, and a typed model that checks whether a rocket really goes together.

Uchusen is the Japanese word 宇宙船 for spaceship. About the name

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Reference · Journey mode: transfers, launch windows and flip-and-burn trips

ContinuousCrafttype

A ship that burns all the way: constant acceleration, a turn round at the halfway point, the same acceleration to stop.

Import it

import type { ContinuousCraft } from "@johnmorrisdotca/uchusen-rockets/journey";

Definition

interface ContinuousCraft {
    id: string;
    name: string;
    kind: "fleet";
    drive: "continuous";
    rocket: string;
    variant: string;
    g: Quantity;
    exhaustOfC: Quantity;
    dryT: Quantity;
    payloadT: Quantity;
    propellantT: Quantity;
    flipS: Quantity;
}

Members

NameTypeDescription
idstring
namestring
kind"fleet"
drive"continuous"
rocketstring
variantstring
gQuantity

Proper acceleration, in g.

exhaustOfCQuantity

Exhaust speed as a fraction of the speed of light.

dryTQuantity
payloadTQuantity
propellantTQuantity
flipSQuantity

Examples

import { CRAFTS } from "@johnmorrisdotca/uchusen-rockets/journey";

const ship = CRAFTS.find((craft) => craft.drive === "continuous");
console.log(ship?.name);
ISV Kaminari, SPX-207

What it prints (run when this page was built)

View sourceEdit on GitHubMade from the source of @johnmorrisdotca/uchusen-rockets 0.14.0.