Eagle9
Good day!
As you know there are a lot of projects for launching the payload into space by means of huge cannons, for example the SHARP project.
Imagine that such cannon is ready to be used and can launch the payload with initial speed let’s say 8 km/sec, this is a bit more than value of Orbital Velocity at Low Earth Orbit. The cannon may be tilted towards Earth’s surface at various angles, such as 30º, 45º, 60º and etc.
Is it possible to calculate what will be payload’s speed when it leaves atmosphere at the altitude of 100 km? Of course if initial angle is 30º then the payload will have to cover more distance in air and loss in speed will be more, if that angle is 45º than the loss will be less….so, is it possible to calculate?
As you know there are a lot of projects for launching the payload into space by means of huge cannons, for example the SHARP project.
Imagine that such cannon is ready to be used and can launch the payload with initial speed let’s say 8 km/sec, this is a bit more than value of Orbital Velocity at Low Earth Orbit. The cannon may be tilted towards Earth’s surface at various angles, such as 30º, 45º, 60º and etc.
Is it possible to calculate what will be payload’s speed when it leaves atmosphere at the altitude of 100 km? Of course if initial angle is 30º then the payload will have to cover more distance in air and loss in speed will be more, if that angle is 45º than the loss will be less….so, is it possible to calculate?