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Questions tagged [design]

Questions about how space vehicles and related hardware are designed. See also [structural-design] and [engine-design].

Note: For mission planning use

This question is particularly appropriate for questions relating to the various fields of Aerospace Engineering.

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Threefold-symmetry in non-landing spacecraft?

Many spacecraft have twofold symmetry, some have fourfold symmetry. Have any spacecraft had threefold symmetry? I'm specifically looking at ones that don't land on the surface of a planet/moon/whatever.
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How are rocket belt nozzle dimensions calculated for a specific thrust tube diameter?

I have been flying rocketbelts for 21yrs. I have a new rocketbelt(some call jetpacks); a copy of the Bell rocketbelt. I believe that the angles are incorrect and the throat opening is too large. My thrust tubes have an inner diameter of 1.75".…
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Where can I find schematics of rockets with their stage sizes?

I want to recreate real rockets inside a space sim game called KSP, but for that I need to know what sizes those rockets have ( diameter, height, etc ), not just in general, but each of their stages specifically. For example, I found on the official…
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to measure velocity of sounding rocket

How to measure velocity of sounding rocket?? is using a pitot tube an efficient way to measure and how exactly to measure speed of sounding rocket using a pitot tube ???are there any other method to measure speed of sounding rocket
praveen kumar chaubey
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What matters are kept secret in space companies?

I already googled blueprint of rockets, I came to know that US space companies revealing their "blueprint of rockets". But still are there any matters kept secret in space companies?
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