Determine the altitude reached by the spacecraft of Problem 14.95 when all the fuel of its launching

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Determine the altitude reached by the spacecraft of Problem 14.95 when all the fuel of its launching rocket has been consumed.

Determine the altitude reached by the spacecraft of Problem 14.95

Problem 14.95
A 540-kg spacecraft is mounted on top of a rocket with a mass of 19 Mg, including 17.8 Mg of fuel.
Knowing that the fuel is consumed at a rate of 225 kg/s and ejected with a relative velocity of 3600
m/s.

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Vector Mechanics for Engineers Statics and Dynamics

ISBN: 978-0073398242

11th edition

Authors: Ferdinand Beer, E. Russell Johnston Jr., David Mazurek, Phillip Cornwell, Brian Self

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