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Constant-rate retro-rocket landing

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With downward speed v, downward relative exhaust speed vE​>0 and mass M=M0​−αt, the ideal vertical equation is v˙=g−αvE​/M. Integration gives v=v0​+gt+vE​log(M/M0​). Height follows from h˙=−v; its touchdown condition must be imposed together with the final fuel fraction.

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