caculate the path for a rocket between earth and moon in matlab

To calculate the path of a rocket between Earth and Moon in MATLAB, you can use the following steps:

  1. Define the initial conditions of the rocket, such as its mass, velocity, and position.
  2. Define the gravitational forces acting on the rocket due to Earth and Moon. You can use Newton's Law of Gravitation for this purpose.
  3. Define the rocket's thrusters and their properties. You can use the rocket equation for this purpose.
  4. Calculate the net force acting on the rocket by summing up the gravitational and thrust forces.
  5. Integrate the equations of motion using MATLAB's ODE solvers to obtain the path of the rocket as it travels from Earth to Moon.

Here's some sample code to get you started:

main.m
% Define constants
G = 6.67430e-11; % gravitational constant
Me = 5.972e24; % mass of Earth
Mm = 7.342e22; % mass of Moon
Re = 6.3781e6; % radius of Earth
Rm = 1.7371e6; % radius of Moon
De = 3.844e8; % distance from Earth to Moon

% Define initial conditions
m = 10000; % mass of rocket (kg)
ve = 2000; % initial velocity of rocket (m/s)
xe = Re; % initial position of rocket (m)

% Define thrust properties
thrust = 5000; % thrust of rocket (N)
isp = 300; % specific impulse of rocket (s)

% Define equations of motion
f = @(t, y) [
    y(4); % x velocity
    y(5); % y velocity
    y(6); % z velocity
    -G*Me*y(1)/(norm(y(1:3))^3) - G*Mm*(y(1:3)-[De;0;0])/(norm(y(1:3)-[De;0;0])^3) + thrust*y(7)*y(4)/m; % x acceleration
    -G*Me*y(2)/(norm(y(1:3))^3) - G*Mm*y(2:4)/(norm(y(2:4))^3) + thrust*y(7)*y(5)/m; % y acceleration
    -G*Me*y(3)/(norm(y(1:3))^3) - G*Mm*y(3:5)/(norm(y(3:5))^3) + thrust*y(7)*y(6)/m; % z acceleration
    -thrust/(m*isp)]; % fuel consumption rate

% Integrate equations of motion
options = odeset('RelTol', 1e-6, 'AbsTol', 1e-6);
[t, y] = ode45(f, [0, 3500000], [xe; 0; 0; 0; ve; 0; 1], options);

% Plot path of rocket
plot3(y(:,1), y(:,2), y(:,3), 'linewidth', 2)
hold on
tmoon = linspace(0, 2*pi, 100);
xmoon = Rm*cos(tmoon) + De;
ymoon = Rm*sin(tmoon);
plot3(xmoon, ymoon, zeros(size(xmoon)), 'k', 'linewidth', 2)
hold off
xlabel('x (m)')
ylabel('y (m)')
zlabel('z (m)')
axis equal
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This code defines the constants and initial conditions, as well as the equations of motion for the rocket. It then integrates these equations using MATLAB's ODE solver ode45 and plots the resulting path of the rocket in 3D. Note that this is just a basic example and you may need to modify the code depending on the specifics of your problem.

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