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Why making such a big deal with Max Q?
At each SpaceX launch, they always make some big deal of Max Q which most of the time comes at around 13Km and at a speed of 1700Km.h-1
But on the way back, stage 1 is at this same altitude of 13km at ...
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Is it possible to calculate Max-Q without having to input an altitude
Is it possible to calculate max-q based on just upwards velocity instead of specially inputting a given altitude/air density? Based on this graph of Falcon 9 launches till MECO below "Air Pressure vs. ...
