Rocket Selection

Classic vehicles that perfected the gravity turn

Saturn V
Atlas
Titan III
Proton
Energia
Zenit
Delta II
Scout
Vostok
Ariane 4

Mission Name

Marking on vehicle body

Payload

Affects mass & trajectory

Starlink
JWST-class
Mars Rover
Crew

Target Planet

Shown after orbital insertion

Earth
Moon
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn

Gravity Turn Program

Pitch program · gravity losses · Max-Q

Typical Max-Q band 11–16 km


Launch Config







Day
Evening
Night
Dawn



Orbital Cinematics

Capsule orbit · RCS · solar array timing

Capsule deploys, coasts, RCS orients, solar arrays unfurl, then orbits.

Vehicle Colors

Core body & side boosters

Mission Control






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5
RCS TURN ANGLE
toward planet curvature
HEIGHT ABOVE SEA LEVEL
0 m
Pad · 0 km
FORCE VECTORS
Gravity
Thrust
Direction
G↔T: · T↔D:

Mission Report

Max Altitude
Max Velocity
Flight Time
Peak TWR
Achieved Δv
Outcome

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