DOI: 10.5522/04/16974166.v1
title: Rocket emissions impact dataset

description: Excel spreadsheet containing details of 2019 rocket launch emissions inventory included in GEOS-Chem simulations.<br>Individual rocket launches in 2019 are itemized by geolocation, time, rocket fuel types and emissions of different stages. In addition, this dataset contains time and geolocation information of re-entries of space junk, reusable rocket components and discarded launch parts.<br>NetCDF files contain GEOS-Chem simulation results for radiative forcing and species concentration changes after a decade of emissions growth and for the space tourism scenario. 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