Standard Atmosphere#

By default, when initializing an Environment class, the International Standard Atmosphere (ISA) as defined by ISO 2533 is initialized.

See also

For more information on the International Standard Atmosphere, see ISO 2533.

Note that the International Standard Atmosphere only has temperature and pressure profiles properly specified. Other profiles can be derived from it, however, winds are automatically set to 0 m/s.

from rocketpy import Environment

env = Environment() # already initializes the International Standard Atmosphere

env.plots.atmospheric_model()

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The International Standard Atmosphere can also be reset at any time by using the rocketpy.Environment.set_atmospheric_model() method. For example:

env.set_atmospheric_model(type="standard_atmosphere")