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# OpenRocket 🚀
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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.
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[](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0)
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[](https://GitHub.com/openrocket/openrocket/releases/)
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[](https://openrocket.readthedocs.io/en/latest/)
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[](https://snapcraft.io/openrocket)
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[](https://discord.gg/qD2G5v2FAw)
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## 🛠️ Design, Visualize, and Analyze
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1. **Design** your rockets using a rich selection of built-in components:
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2. **Visualize** your masterpiece in 3D:
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3. **Plot & Analyze** your simulation results for precision and improvements:
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## 🌟 Features
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- **Six-degree-of-freedom flight simulation**
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- **Automatic design optimization**
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- **Realtime simulated altitude, velocity, and acceleration display**
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- **Staging and clustering support**
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- **Export to other simulation programs (RockSim, RASAero II)**
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- **Export component(s) to OBJ file for 3D printing**
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- **Cross-platform (Java-based)**
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... plus many more
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📖 Read more on [our website](https://openrocket.info/).
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## 💾 Installers
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You can find the OpenRocket installers [here](https://openrocket.info/downloads.html).
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Release notes are available on each [release's page](https://github.com/openrocket/openrocket/releases) or on [our website](https://openrocket.info/release_notes.html).
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## 📖 Documentation
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You can find our documentation on [ReadTheDocs](https://openrocket.readthedocs.io/en/latest/).
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## 🚀 Getting started
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The easiest way to get started is to open one of our in-program example designs:
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Dive into the essentials: adjust component dimensions, plot a simulation, swap out motors, ... Explore the impact of your changes and, most importantly, enjoy the process! 😊
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## 💪 Contribute
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Help us soar higher! Whether it's implementing features, writing documentation, or creating design examples, every contribution matters. Interested? Check out [how to get involved](http://openrocket.sourceforge.net/getinvolved.html) and the [practicalities of contributing](CONTRIBUTING.md).
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### ✨ Contributors
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- [Sampo Niskanen](https://github.com/plaa) - Original developer
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- [Doug Pedrick](https://github.com/rodinia814) - RockSim designs, printing
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- [Kevin Ruland](https://github.com/kruland2607) - Android version
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- [Bill Kuker](https://github.com/bkuker) - 3D visualization
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- [Richard Graham](https://github.com/rdgraham) - Geodetic computations
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- Jason Blood - Freeform fin set import
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- [Boris du Reau](https://github.com/bdureau) - Internationalization
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- [Daniel Williams](https://github.com/teyrana) - Pod support, maintainer
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- [Joe Pfeiffer](https://github.com/JoePfeiffer) - Maintainer
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- [Billy Olsen](https://github.com/wolsen) - Maintainer
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- [Sibo Van Gool](https://github.com/SiboVG) - RASAero file format, 3D OBJ export, dark theme, maintainer
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- [Neil Weinstock](https://github.com/neilweinstock) - Tester, icons, forum support
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- [H. Craig Miller](https://github.com/hcraigmiller) - Tester
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You can view the full list of contributors [here](https://github.com/openrocket/openrocket/graphs/contributors).
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### 🌍Translators
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- Tripoli France
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- Tripoli Spain
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- Stefan Lobas / ERIG
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- Mauro Biasutti
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- Sky Dart Team / Ruslan V. Uss
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- Vladimir Beran
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- Polish Rocketry Society / Łukasz & Alex Kazanski
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- Sibo Van Gool
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- Mohamed Amin Elkebsi
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- Oleksandr Hladin
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## 📜 License
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OpenRocket is proudly open-source under the [GNU GPL](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html) license. Feel free to use, study, and extend.
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⭐ Please give us a star if you find OpenRocket useful, and spread the word! ⭐
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[](https://star-history.com/#openrocket/openrocket&Date)
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