Today’s spacecraft use rockets and rockets use large quantities of propellant.
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Propellant
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12 translations across 6 languages.
Czech
1 entries- hnací plyn noun (compressed gas used to expel the content from a pressurised container)
Finnish
2 entries- polttoaine noun (engine fuel carried within a vehicle prior to use)
- ponnekaasu noun (compressed gas used to expel the content from a pressurised container)
French
2 entries- ergol noun (engine fuel carried within a vehicle prior to use)
- propulseur noun (anything that propels)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- drivgass noun (compressed gas used to expel the content from a pressurised container)
- drivstoff noun (anything that propels)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- drivgass noun (compressed gas used to expel the content from a pressurised container)
- drivstoff noun (anything that propels)
Spanish
3 entries- propelente noun (anything that propels)
- propulsor noun (anything that propels)
- propulsora noun (anything that propels)
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As propellant blasts out of the rocket in one direction, it pushes the spacecraft in the other.
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In a solid rocket, the propellants are mixed together and packed into a solid cylinder. Under normal temperature conditions, the propellants do not burn; but they will burn when exposed to a source of heat provided by an igniter. Once the burning starts, it proceeds until all the propellant is exhausted.
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In-space electric propulsion can reduce the amount of fuel, or propellant, needed by up to 90% compared to chemical propulsion systems.
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