Structural G-Load
ACCELERATION STRESS PROFILE
MATRIX LIVE
G-LOAD ANALYZER
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TOTAL COMBINED LOAD FACTOR
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G-FORCE ACCELERATION UNITS
STRUCTURAL STABILITY & HUMAN LIMIT SPECS:
AWAITING IGNITION VECTOR
Net Vehicle Linear Acceleration ($a$)0.00 m/s²
Thrust-to-Weight Ratio ($TWR$)0.00
NEW HORIZONS MISSION CONTROL • TELEMETRY FLIGHT DYNAMICS SYSTEM 2026
Pre-Calculated Structural G-Load
Rocket Engineering • Max Design / Flight G-LoadsSaturn V Ascent
Saturn V peak axial load during ascent. Structural design limit for the stack.
G-Load
0 g
Axial • Max Ascent
Space Shuttle Ascent
Space Shuttle peak axial acceleration. Limited by crew and orbiter structural constraints.
G-Load
0 g
Crewed • Axial
Apollo Command Module
Apollo CM peak reentry g-load (typical lunar return). Structural and crew limit.
G-Load
0 g
Reentry • Lunar Return
Apollo Abort / High
Apollo peak g-load during certain abort modes or steep reentries. Structural capability.
G-Load
0 g
Abort / Reentry Peak
Falcon 9 Ascent
Falcon 9 peak axial load during ascent (with payload). Structural design value.
G-Load
0 g
Axial • Max Q / Burnout
Falcon 9 Reentry
Falcon 9 first-stage reentry peak deceleration. Structural load during atmospheric entry.
G-Load
0 g
Boostback / Reentry
Starship Ascent
Starship / Super Heavy design peak axial load during ascent.
G-Load
0 g
Axial • Design
Starship Reentry
Starship peak reentry g-load (belly-flop to landing burn). Structural design target.
G-Load
0 g
Reentry • Peak
Soyuz Ascent
Soyuz peak axial acceleration during ascent. Higher than Shuttle due to different design philosophy.
G-Load
0 g
Crewed • Axial
Soyuz Ballistic Reentry
Soyuz ballistic (off-nominal) reentry peak g-load. Highest routinely survived by crew.
G-Load
0 g
Ballistic Reentry
Atlas V Ascent
Atlas V peak axial load. Structural design limit for the vehicle and payload adapter.
G-Load
0 g
Axial • Design
Delta IV Heavy
Delta IV Heavy peak axial acceleration during ascent.
G-Load
0 g
Axial • Max
New Shepard
Blue Origin New Shepard peak g-load during ascent and landing burn.
G-Load
0 g
Suborbital • Peak
Electron
Rocket Lab Electron peak axial load. Higher g’s typical of small solid/liquid vehicles.
G-Load
0 g
Small LV • Axial
Minotaur / Solid
Typical solid-rocket Minotaur / Pegasus class peak axial g-load.
G-Load
0 g
Solid Motor • Peak
SLS Ascent
NASA SLS peak axial load during ascent (crewed configuration target).
G-Load
0 g
Crewed • Design
Orion Reentry
Orion spacecraft design peak reentry g-load (lunar return trajectory).
G-Load
0 g
Lunar Return
Crew Dragon Ascent
SpaceX Crew Dragon peak ascent g-load on Falcon 9.
G-Load
0 g
Crewed • Axial
Crew Dragon Reentry
Crew Dragon nominal reentry peak deceleration.
G-Load
0 g
Reentry • Nominal
Crew Dragon Abort
Crew Dragon max g-load during pad / in-flight abort (LES / SuperDraco).
G-Load
0 g
Abort • Peak
Ariane 5 Ascent
Ariane 5 peak axial load. Structural design value for the vehicle and payload.
G-Load
0 g
Axial • Design
Vega Ascent
ESA Vega peak axial acceleration. Typical of solid-propellant small launchers.
G-Load
0 g
Solid • Peak
Pegasus XL
Orbital Pegasus XL peak g-load after air-launch drop and motor ignition.
G-Load
0 g
Air-Launch • Peak
New Glenn Ascent
Blue Origin New Glenn design peak axial load (crewed / cargo target).
G-Load
0 g
Axial • Design
Long March 2F
Long March 2F (Shenzhou) peak ascent g-load. Chinese crewed launcher.
G-Load
0 g
Crewed • Axial
Shenzhou Reentry
Shenzhou nominal reentry peak g-load.
G-Load
0 g
Reentry • Nominal
Ballistic Capsule (High)
Typical peak g-load for pure ballistic capsule reentry (steep trajectory).
G-Load
0 g
Ballistic • Steep
Lifting Body / Shuttle
Space Shuttle orbiter peak reentry g-load (lifting entry reduces peak).
G-Load
0 g
Lifting Reentry
Solid Upper Stage
High-thrust solid upper-stage motors (e.g. Star 48 class) peak axial load.
G-Load
0 g
Solid • High Thrust
Vulcan Centaur
ULA Vulcan Centaur design peak axial g-load.
G-Load
0 g
Axial • Design
Antares
Northrop Grumman Antares peak axial load during ascent.
G-Load
0 g
Axial • Peak
H-IIA / H-IIB
JAXA H-IIA/B peak axial acceleration.
G-Load
0 g
Axial • Design
Sounding Rocket
Typical high-performance sounding rocket peak g-load (scientific payloads).
G-Load
0 g
Suborbital • Peak
Military ICBM Class
Typical peak axial load for solid-fuel ICBM / SLBM class vehicles.
G-Load
0 g
Military • High
ISS Docking
Typical maximum g-load during soft docking / berthing operations (very low).
G-Load
0 g
Docking • Limit
Launch Escape System
Typical peak g-load delivered by a tractor-style Launch Escape System.
G-Load
0 g
LES • Peak
Proton-M
Proton-M peak axial load. Structural design value for the heavy-lift vehicle.
G-Load
0 g
Axial • Design
Falcon Heavy
Falcon Heavy peak axial load (center core + boosters). Higher than Falcon 9.
G-Load
0 g
Axial • Peak
GSLV Mk III
ISRO GSLV Mk III (LVM3) peak axial acceleration during ascent.
G-Load
0 g
Axial • Design
Extreme Structural
Extreme design load factor used for some military or high-performance solid stages.
G-Load
0 g
Military / Test • Peak
