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The central core of a test model of ESAs new Ariane 6 heavy lift rocket has been assembled for the first time in the purpose-built Launcher Assembly Building at Europes Spaceport in French Guiana.Ari… [+1244 chars]
We simulate the gaseous envelope using a spherically symmetric model that solves the structure equations of a planets interior assuming hydrostatic equilibrium63,64,65: $$\frac{{{{\mathrm{d}}}}m}{{{… [+25601 chars]
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