If all the cargo onboard New Shepard were removed and the booster was not recovered, how high could it fly?
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asked Nov 21, 2022 at 5:42
- 1$\begingroup$Related, I'll dust this code off and simulate this$\endgroup$– BrendanLuke15CommentedNov 21, 2022 at 22:38
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Using the same methods and data from a previous answer of mine about New Shepard I simulated a vertical launch of just the booster and got a maximum altitude of ~150 km:
(Personal Work)
Launching from the Cape it looks like this:
(Personal Work, blue = 3D trajectory, red = ground track)
answered Nov 27, 2022 at 22:19
