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Free aerospace reader companion
Choose what earns its place.
Plan a fictional satellite mission, check its limits, and explain your choices.
This companion to Aerospace Engineering Explained for Teens by Markus Bailey uses the classroom
assumptions from Chapter 15. Compare payloads, batteries, and observation counts while keeping mass,
time, power, energy, storage, downlink, and coverage separate.
Upward virtual rocket lab
Predict a flight, change one variable, and compare the data. This fictional vertical-flight
simulation is for learning, not building or launching real rockets. It does not model orbit.
No email or account required. Unzip the download and open index.html.
Print and write
Eight pages of assumptions, planning prompts, and a blank record for comparing all twelve
combinations. Print the worksheet or read it alongside the spreadsheet. This PDF is
printable, not a fillable form.
An Excel workbook with the assumptions, Plan A, Plan B, and reflection sheets. Use a
spreadsheet app that calculates formulas, such as Excel or LibreOffice Calc. Preview-only
apps may not recalculate your choices.