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The ones talked about in TFA are three staged, with the third stage being liquid. Can you launch an orbital solid fueled rocket? I thought that liquid (oxygen)
by justinator 4y ago
The ones talked about in TFA are three staged, with the third stage being liquid. Can you launch an orbital solid fueled rocket? I thought that liquid (oxygen) was needed.
- pinewurst 4y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scout_(rocket_family) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scout_(rocket_family)
- 14u2c 4y agoUS missiles are entirely solid fueled but they do not achieve orbit either. They spent short time exoatmospheric and then reenter, well, ballistically.
- chipsa 4y agoIt's hard to get precise velocity changes with a solid fuel rocket. So must orbital class rockets have a liquid fuel stage at the end. And most rockets don't use oxygen for a propellant, because that's cryogenic, and hard to keep liquid. So called storable propellants are frequently used, especially for military rockets. That said, the most launched rocket last year was a cryogenic fueled rocket.