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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**
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
**Translators**
Tripoli France
Tripoli Spain
Stefan Lobas / ERIG
Mauro Biasutti
Sky Dart Team
Vladimir Beran
Polish Rocketry Society / Łukasz & Alex Kazanski