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OpenRocket

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Develops a no-cost open source fully-featured model rocket simulator for public, educational and nonprofit youth association use, with developers and users around the globe.

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Top financial contributors

1
MetricRocketeer

$160 USD since Oct 2022

2
Nick Estes

$135 USD since Sep 2022

3
bad_idea

$105 USD since Oct 2022

4
Meithan West

$75 USD since Oct 2022

5
Kevin McGee

$75 USD since Oct 2022

6
K'Tesh

$50 USD since Sep 2022

7
Mark B. Bundick

$50 USD since Oct 2022

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MtnManAK

$50 USD since Oct 2022

9
JJ

$50 USD since Oct 2022

10
David Buhler

$50 USD since Oct 2022

11
Incognito

$50 USD since Apr 2023

12
Brant H

$40 USD since Feb 2023

13
Mr.Liang WaterRocket

$27 USD since Oct 2022

14
Kenneth B Weaver

$26.5 USD since Sep 2022

15
Rob Goring

$25 USD since Sep 2022

16
Bruce Baldwin

$25 USD since Sep 2022

17
Martin Quanci

$25 USD since Feb 2024

18
Mark Burton

$25 USD since Oct 2024

19
Rex A Smith

$20 USD since Aug 2022

20
thZero

$20 USD since Sep 2022

OpenRocket is all of us

Our contributors 45

Thank you for supporting OpenRocket.

H Craig Miller

Admin

$5 USD

Neil Weinstock

Admin

$5 USD

Nick Estes

$135 USD

bad_idea

$105 USD

Meithan West

Backer

$75 USD

Kevin McGee

Backer

$75 USD

K'Tesh

$50 USD

Mark B. Bundick

$50 USD

MtnManAK

$50 USD

Estimated Annual Budget
$215
Today's Balance
$784.55
Goal
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per year

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Today’s balance

$784.55 USD

Total raised

$1,202.62 USD

Total disbursed

$418.07 USD

Estimated annual budget

$215.00 USD

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News from OpenRocket

Updates on our activities and progress.

ANNOUNCEMENT: OpenRocket version 22.02 Final is now available for download

After 7 years and 9 months, including a full year of public betas, the OpenRocket team is very excited (and relieved) to announce that the final version of OpenRocket 22.02 is now available for download. This new version includes literally...
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Published on February 8, 2023 by Neil Weinstock

Thanks to all our early contributors!

We wanted to send out a big thanks to all those who've contributed to the project. We know that asking for funds is a new thing for OpenRocket, and appreciate your willingness to support the project. Thanks to your contributions, we are now...
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Published on October 23, 2022 by Neil Weinstock

OpenRocket version 22.02 Public beta 5 is now available (2022-09-28)

The fifth public beta release of OpenRocket 22.02 is now available for download. Through OpenCollective, you can now become a sponsor for the development of OpenRocket. The OpenRocket project is now officially acce...
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Published on September 28, 2022 by H Craig Miller

About


 OpenRocket is a free, fully featured model rocket simulator that allows you to design and simulate your rockets before actually building and flying them.

The main features include:
  • Six-degree-of-freedom flight simulation
  • Automatic design optimization
  • Realtime simulated altitude, velocity and acceleration display
  • Staging and clustering support
  • Cross-platform (Java-based)
Read more about it on the OpenRocket Wiki

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