Rocket Simulation Results

The left image is the rocket at it apogee (max altitude). There are two other boosters already on the way down.

The right image is the rocket when it has reached the ground.

Here is a graph showing what happens to the rocket as a function of time.

Mass: There are two plateaus that lead down, because the boosters are ejected from the main sustainer. The curve before the steep drop is when the rocket uses up the fuel.
Velocity and Acceleration: There are 3 steep increasing humps that progressively get taller. This is due to having less mass every time the boosters eject
Thrust: There are three peaks of thrust; each when the rocket accelerates upward. Thrust remains the same because each stage of the rocket uses the same engines.

Here is our table of results. The row highlighted is our best altitude at 2925.60 ft.

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