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🚀 Rocket Engines Compared: Orbit Burn Planner (2D)

2D orbital burn planner comparing engine types.

Space & Astronomy2DModerate60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted⇄ 3D version

Details

CategorySpace & Astronomy

RenderingCanvas 2D

DifficultyModerate

Target FPS60

ControlsEight engine presets plus sliders for thrust, specific impulse, propellant and dry mass, starting altitude, planned burn delta-v and time warp up to a million times; drag the burn node along the orbit or click the orbit, pan and zoom the view, and click the comparison table to swap engines.

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⚙ Under the hood

Interactive 2D orbit planner for comparing chemical, nuclear, Hall and ion engines: plan a burn node on a Keplerian orbit, watch Tsiolkovsky mass flow and thrust change apoapsis and periapsis, and rank engines by delta-v, burn time and propellant.

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2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install