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
Ariane 5 — Launching/Ariane|type=rocket Infobox rocket caption = Ariane 5 mock up name = Ariane 5 function = Heavy launch vehicle manufacturer = EADS Astrium for ESA and Arianespace country origin = Europe height = 59 m alt height = 193 ft diameter = 5.4 m… … Wikipedia
SS-10 Scrag — UR 200 / SS X 10 SCRAGCentral Committee of the Communist Party and Council of Soviet Ministers released an initiative that called for the creation of a Fractional Orbital Bombardment System (FOBS) capable of sending a nuclear warhead into a 150… … Wikipedia
Proton (rocket) — Proton 8K82K Launch of a Proton rocket Function Unmanned launch vehicle Manufacturer Khrunichev Country of origin Soviet Union; Russia Size Height … Wikipedia
Cuban Missile Crisis — Part of the Cold War CIA reference photograph of Soviet R 12 intermedia … Wikipedia
rocket and missile system — ▪ weapons system Introduction any of a variety of weapons systems that deliver explosive warheads to their targets by means of rocket propulsion. Rocket is a general term used broadly to describe a variety of jet propelled missiles… … Universalium
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
Bipropellant rocket — A bipropellant rocket engine is a rocket engine that uses two propellants (very often liquid propellants) which are kept separately prior to reacting to form a hot gas to be used for propulsion.In contrast, most solid rockets have single solid… … Wikipedia
NPO Energomash — Model of the RD 170 Engine developed by NPO Energomash. NPO Energomash “V. P. Glushko” is a Russian manufacturer originated from design bureau, which focuses primarily on the development and production of liquid propellant rocket engines. NPO… … Wikipedia
Nitrous oxide fuel blend — propellants are a class of liquid rocket propellants. The fuel and oxidizer are blended and stored, and are sometimes referred to as mixed monopropellants . Upon use, the propellant is heated or passed over a catalyst bed and the Nitrous oxide… … Wikipedia
Solar thermal rocket — Solar thermal propulsion is a form of spacecraft propulsion that makes use of solar power to directly heat reaction mass, and therefore does not require an electrical generator as most other forms of solar powered propulsion do. A solar thermal… … Wikipedia