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They disconnect and dump the battery mid-flight on ascent to not carry the mass of the empty battery, which might be counted as half a stage in rocket terminolo
by wolf550e 8y ago
They disconnect and dump the battery mid-flight on ascent to not carry the mass of the empty battery, which might be counted as half a stage in rocket terminology (like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SM-65_Atlas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SM-65_Atlas)
See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPwMuUxSrcA&t=1625 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPwMuUxSrcA&t=1625