liquid rocket propellant

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• Rocket propellant — is mass that is stored, usually in some form of propellant tank, prior to being used as the propulsive mass that is ejected from a rocket engine in the form of a fluid jet to produce thrust.Chemical rocket propellants are most commonly used,… …   Wikipedia

• Liquid rocket — A liquid rocket is a rocket with an engine that uses propellants in liquid form. Liquids are desirable because their reasonably high density allows the volume and hence the mass of the tanks to be relatively low, resulting in a high mass ratio.… …   Wikipedia

• Liquid rocket propellants — The highest specific impulse chemical rockets use liquid propellants. This type of propellent has a long history going back to the first rockets and is still in use in for example the Space Shuttle and Ariane 5. History Early developmentOn March… …   Wikipedia

• Rocket engine — RS 68 being tested at NASA s Stennis Space Center. The nearly transparent exhaust is due to this engine s exhaust being mostly superheated steam (water vapor from its propellants, hydrogen and oxygen) …   Wikipedia

• Rocket — This article is about vehicles powered by rocket engines. For other uses, see Rocket (disambiguation). A Soyuz U, at Baikonur Site 1/5 A rocket is a missile, spacecraft, aircraft or other vehicle which obtains thrust from a rocket engi …   Wikipedia

• propellant — /preuh pel euhnt/, n. 1. a propelling agent. 2. the charge of explosive used to propel the projectile from a gun. 3. a substance, usually a mixture of fuel and oxidizer, for propelling a rocket. 4. a compressed inert gas that serves to dispense… …   Universalium

• Rocket engine test facility — A rocket engine test facility is a location where rocket engines may be tested on the ground, under controlled conditions. A ground test program is generally required before the engine is certified for flight. Ground testing is very inexpensive… …   Wikipedia

• Propellant tank — A propellant tank is a container which is part of a vehicle, where propellant is stored prior to use. Propellant tanks vary in construction, and may be an fuel tank in the case of many aircraft.In rocket vehicles, propellant tanks are fairly… …   Wikipedia

• liquid propellant — a rocket propellant in liquid form. Cf. solid propellant. * * * liquid propellant, a liquid fuel used in a rocket engine. It contains its own oxygen or combines with oxygen usually released from a separate tank …   Useful english dictionary

• Liquid oxygen — This article is about the liquid form of the element oxygen. For the commercial product, see Liquid Oxygen (supplement). LOX redirects here. For other uses, see Lox (disambiguation). The blue colour of liquid oxygen in a dewar flask Liquid oxygen …   Wikipedia

• Rocket engine nozzle — A rocket engine nozzle is a propelling nozzle usually of the de Laval type used in a rocket engine to expand and accelerate the combustion gases, from burning propellants, so that the exhaust gases exit the nozzle at hypersonic… …   Wikipedia