Sofie
sofiebrink.bsky.social
Sofie
@sofiebrink.bsky.social
Software-Developer, Space Enthusiast, amateur photographer, nerd
Whooo!
November 21, 2024 at 5:59 PM
I've sadly been incredibly busy over these last few weeks so i haven't had time to extrapolate any more data from this, but I hope you get some use out of these anyways.

As with last time, the source code is on GitHub github.com/SofieBrink/S...
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November 21, 2024 at 11:18 AM
Just for the fun of it I put these last few graph's together, but they're a bit hard to read so that's why they're at the bottom of the thread. An interesting thing to note is that while both IFT-4 and 5 stuck around at 69 Km during entry, IFT-6 blasted right on through. (5/6)
November 21, 2024 at 11:18 AM
Another extremely obvious difference can be seen in the Ship's altitude after its engines cut off. Flight 5 had an apogee of around 212 Kilometers, while Flight 6 only got up to around 190 Kilometers even though both ships had very similar velocities, orbital mechanics ❤️! (4/6)
November 21, 2024 at 11:18 AM
This higher apogee also means the booster had a slightly longer coast phase, something we can actually see by the slight difference between the two lines on both the altitude and velocity graphs, where Flight 5's booster gets down a little earlier than Flight 6's. (3/6)
November 21, 2024 at 11:18 AM
One of the first obvious differences is seen in the booster's velocity graph during the boostback-burn,
Its very clear that the booster shut down slightly earlier than on flight 5, causing the speed difference we see, but also less obviously: a slightly higher Apogee. (2/6)
November 21, 2024 at 11:18 AM