Timeline for Quantitative benefits of Atlas II's engine-dropping or 1.5 staging?
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| Sep 1, 2025 at 11:41 | answer | added | Mathmagician | timeline score: 4 | |
| May 27, 2021 at 7:47 | comment | added | Dohn Joe | Possibly unrelated: One big motivation for half-staging is that you can start all engines on the ground. Thus, if you notice any malfunction, you can shut it all down. Failure to ignite during staging in mid-air will most probably ruin your launch. While the Atlas drops some engines which feed from the same tank, the Soyus has independent liquid boosters, which are all ignited at launch. With 1950s tech, igniting all engines on the ground, and dropping some of them in mid-air was probably a prudent thing to do. | |
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| Nov 11, 2018 at 7:18 | answer | added | Russell Borogove | timeline score: 8 | |
| Nov 11, 2018 at 4:32 | history | edited | user12102 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Nov 11, 2018 at 4:23 | history | asked | user12102 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |