GCAT Release 1.5.7 (2024 Oct 18) | Data Update 2024 Dec 25
Stages
The Stages file gives basic information for all of the stages
making up the launch vehicles in the LV file. The reader is
again cautioned about the approximate nature of the
numerical values in this file.
The file contains for each stage:
- Stage name
- Stage family
- Manufacturer
- Alternate name
- Length
(m)
- Diameter
(m)
- Full mass
(tonne)
- Dry mass
(kg)
- Typical thrust
(kN)
- Typical burn duration
(s)
- Main engine name
- Main engine multiplicity
(i.e. the stage has this many main engines, all of the type defined in the previous column.)
- Stage type
This doesn't really mean anything and can be ignored.
The main engine name has been made up (e.g. RD R-29 (1) for the
first stage of the R-29) for cases where no name for the engine
is available.