Staging Near burnout. rocket acceleration is diminished because payload mass includes entire launch systems structure Staging removes lower stage structural weight △V;=g1pnx2 Mi =initial mass of rocket including all upper stages and payload Mi=final mass after stage has burned before separation i= stage number △V=∑AVStaging • Near burnout, rocket acceleration is diminished because payload mass includes entire launch systems structure. • Staging removes lower stage structural weight Moi = initial mass of rocket including all upper stages and payload. Mfi = final mass after stage has burned before separation. i = stage number 'V = ™'Vi 'Vi g Isp "n Moi Mf i § © ¨ ¨ ¨¨ · ¹ ¸ ¸ ¸¸