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Spacecraft Technology I
– Summer Semester 2021 –

Tutorial #3:

- This week in space -

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Crew-1 lands in the Atlantic Technical University of Munich

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2021/05/dragon-
resilience-return-first-operational/

Spacecraft Technology I - Tutorial 2

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China launches their Tianhe core module Technical University of Munich

https://spacelaunchnow.me/launch/long-march-5b-tianhe/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tianhe_(space_station_module)

Spacecraft Technology I - Tutorial 3

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That‘s it for „This Week in Space“

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Technical University of Munich

Spacecraft Technology I
– Summer Semester 2021 –

Homework #1:

- Rocket Equation part 2 -

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Screensharing from my tablet Technical University of Munich

Spacecraft Technology I - Tutorial 6

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Technical University of Munich

Spacecraft Technology I
– Summer Semester 2021 –

Tutorial #3:

- Rocket Staging -
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• Tutorial Videos
• Single stage to orbit (SSTO) is hardly feasible, all launchers use at least two stages
• E-Test
• Matlab script
• Takeaway #1: shed your mass as early as possible
• Takeaway #2: reduce gravity losses
• Homework Problem
• Keep in mind: the payload of your first stage is the wet mass of the stage above
• Repeat that rule until you arrive at the last stage that carries the actual payload

Spacecraft Technology I - Tutorial 8

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