Early rockets

Early rockets 1926 to 1941 Add-on for Orbiter 2005 version Author: Mark Paton

Add-on Description

This add-on is dedicated to Goddard who launched the first liquid fueled rocket on 16th March 1926, opening the way for us to travel beyond the confines of the Earth's atmosphere. As well as six Goddard rockets other pioneering rockets built by other rocket pioneers from the USA, Germany and Russia. Bases are included representing the different launch sites with simple meshes of buildings and trees. Several historic rocket trajectories are reconstructed from the limited pieces of information available in literature in books and on the web.

Rockets Simulated

• Goddard type 1
• RAK
• Huckel-Winkler 1
• Repulsor 2
• Repulsor 4
• Goddard type 4
• Huckel-Winkler 2
• GIRD 9
• GIRD 10
• AIS 4
• Aggregate 2
• Goddard A series
• Aggregate 3
• Goddard P-C series

Rocket Bases

• Ward Farm, Auburn 71.84W 42.21N
• Mascalero Ranch, Roswell 104.5W 33.4N
• Kummersdorf, Berlin, 13.33E 52.08N
• Racketenflugplatz, Berlin, 33.35E 52.58N
• Nakhibino forest, Moscow
• HW1_stand, Dessau, Germany 12.25E 51.83N
• HW2_stand, Baltiysk, Russia (originally Pillau, Germany) 19.98E 54.6N
• Rebstock, Frankfurt am Main, Germany 9.93E 49.79N