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Why do rockets designed for space travel use oxygen as part of their fuel systems?
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Rockets designed for space travel use oxygen as part of their fuel systems because the oxygen aids the combustion by acting as an electron acceptor. Liquid oxygen may also be used in rocket fuel sometimes.
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Are rockets and jet engines the same?
No. Jet engines draw oxygen from the atmosphere to mix and burn with jet fuel, and cannot function in a vacuum. Rockets carry their own oxygen, and can travel in the vacuum of space.
How do you give velocity for the satellite which rotates in the orbit with what energy it will travel?
You give velocity to a satellite through rockets. The rockets use some powerful fuel - for example, a mix of hydrogen and oxygen - to push them into orbit.
What rockets make it possible to travel into space?
electronic rockets
Where does rockets travel to?
space
WHAt is the purpose of rockets?
The purposes of rockets are to travel to space, to collect information and research.
How do they travel to space?
Space travel is done by means of rockets.
How humans made satellites travel through space?
They travel by rockets
Why have rockets?
You need rockets so you can travel to space and visit other planets. Without rockets we would know nothing about astronomy.
Were there rockets in the 1990s?
Of course. Rockets in general have existed for hundreds of years. Rockets which travel to outer space have existed since the 1950s.
Can you use pertol in a rocket?
Jet engines capture ambient oxygen to use as an oxidizer for their fuel. In a sense, an afterburner is somewhat like a rocket, but it still uses ambient oxygen for the oxidizer. Rockets are different. Since they are designed to travel out of the atmosphere, they must carry both their oxidizer and their fuel. Many hydrocarbons will work as a rocket fuel including petrol (gasoline), diesel, and even tar. But they must all also have oxygen as a second fuel for the oxidizer. Solid Rockets have both the oxidizer and fuel built into the same matrix, somewhat like gunpowder. The "Oxidizer" doesn't have to be oxygen, or even contain oxygen. Nitric Acid has been utilized as an oxidizer in some rocket engines.
What do rockets need to travel into space?
air and water
How do human made satellites travel in space?
By rockets
