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OpenRocket
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Build Status - [ ![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/openrocket/openrocket.png) ](https://travis-ci.org/openrocket/openrocket)
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Overview
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OpenRocket is a free, fully featured model rocket simulator that allows you to design and simulate your rockets before actually building and flying them.
The main features include:
* Six-degree-of-freedom flight simulation
* Automatic design optimization
* Realtime simulated altitude, velocity and acceleration display
* Staging and clustering support
* Cross-platform (Java-based)
Read more about it on the [OpenRocket Wiki](http://wiki.openrocket.info).
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Running OpenRocket
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To start the software from the JAR file run:
```
$ java -jar OpenRocket-<VERSION>.jar
```
License
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Copyright (C) 2007-2020 Sampo Niskanen and others
OpenRocket is an Open Source project licensed under the [GNU GPL](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html). This means that the software is free to use for whatever purposes, and the source code is also available for studying and extending.
Contributing
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OpenRocket needs help to become even better. Implementing features, writing documentation and creating example designs are just a few ways of helping. If you are interested in helping make OpenRocket the best rocket simulator out there, please [click here for information on how to get involved!](http://openrocket.sourceforge.net/getinvolved.html)
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**Contributors**
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- Sampo Niskanen, main developer
- Doug Pedrick, support for RockSim designs, printing
- Kevin Ruland, Android version
- Bill Kuker, 3D visualization
- Richard Graham, geodetic computations
- Jason Blood, freeform fin set import
- Boris du Reau, internationalization
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**Translators**
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- Tripoli France
- Tripoli Spain
- Stefan Lobas / ERIG
- Mauro Biasutti
- Sky Dart Team
- Vladimir Beran
- Polish Rocketry Society / Łukasz & Alex Kazanski