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71 lines
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OpenRocket
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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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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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The main features include:
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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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* Cross-platform (Java-based)
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Read more about it on the [OpenRocket Wiki](http://wiki.openrocket.info).
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Installers
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OpenRocket maintains an installer for installing the software and Java runtime. You can find the installers on [our
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website](https://openrocket.info/downloads.html).
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Release Notes
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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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License
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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.
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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) and [read the practicalities of contributing here](CONTRIBUTING.md).
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**Contributors**
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- Sampo Niskanen, main developer
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- Doug Pedrick, support for RockSim designs, printing
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- Kevin Ruland, Android version
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- Bill Kuker, 3D visualization
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- Richard Graham, geodetic computations
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- Jason Blood, freeform fin set import
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- Boris du Reau, internationalization
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- Daniel Williams, pod support, maintainer
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- Joe Pfeiffer (maintainer)
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- Billy Olsen (maintainer)
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- Sibo Van Gool (maintainer)
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- Neil Weinstock (tester, icons, forum support)
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- H. Craig Miller (tester)
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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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