STARBURST pre-course study For assignment 1. Rocket Engines The rocket engine principle The rocket thrust equation Total impulse Nozzle Rocket Motor Efficiency The Engine types: solid, liquid and hybrid… and a fourth Rocket Dynamics Aerodynamics and forces acting on the rocket Simulating a rocket launch Case: Ariane 5 Satellite orbits Keplers laws Introduction to the six basic parameters Orbit Equations in a plane Examples of Orbits NAROM Student Rocket Encoder, transmitter and the sensors Encoder Frame