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rocket propellant
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chemical or mixture used as fuel for a rocket engine
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- motor fuel
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- Category:Rocket fuels
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- Rocket propellants
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- rocket engine
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A Delta IV Heavy during liftoff. The rocket is launched using liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen cryogenic propellants. Rocket propellant is used as a reaction mass ejected from a rocket engine to produce thrust. The energy required can either come from the propellants themselves, as with a chemical rocket, or from an external source, as with ion engines.
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