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Step 1: The hot escaping gases from the shuttle provide thrust for the launch.
Step 2: The booster rockets burn up all their fuel within 2 min. Then, the booster rockets separate from the shuttle and parachute back to Earth to be used again.
Step 3: The main fuel tank separates from the shuttle about 6 min later and breaks into pieces as it falls back through the atmosphere.
Step 4: The shuttle has now reached its orbit and is traveling at 8 km/s.
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Why does NASA launch rocket?
Nasa launch rockets to know about space and its atmosphere
What is liquefied to launch space rockets?
Oxygen, and sometimes hydrogen as well.
Was Apollo 11 the first rocket to launch space?
No there were many rockets launched into space before the Apollo program.The first rockets that went into space were German made V2 rockets from the Second World War.
How is a space shuttle used in a satellite launch?
Generally space shuttles are not used to launch satellites as it is very costly to launch a space shuttle. Rockets with automated systems place satellites in orbit as opposed to a manned shuttle.
Where are rockets launched from in USA?
In United States, rockets are launch from Cape Canavral, Florida, at John F Kennedy Space Center.
How do space shuttles launch?
they launch by giving them power and fire ANSWER Two Solid Rocket Boosters. It takes about two minutes for these rockets to get the Shuttle to about 47Km from earth. The Rockets are jettisoned and picked up to be reused.
What do scientists use to launch satellite into space?
Rockets primarily are used to launch satellites into space. Alternatively, the space shuttle is used for very large satellites, but that option will no longer be available when the fleet is retired at the end of 2010.
Which satellite gives us Sky TV Do Sky TV launch rockets?
Sky TV is available via the Astra 2 satellites at 28.2 degrees east. http://www.ses-astra.com/consumer/uk/how-to-receive-astra/index.php Sky don't launch rockets for the satellites to get into space. Astra buy space on rockets to place their satellites into orbit. Usually these are on Ariane (European space agency) or via a Proton rocket.
How do you launch rockets in emerald?
God
Disadvantages of rockets?
The advantages are it can take you up to space.The disadvantages are you are talking a risk to go to space.
Can moons be satellites?
Yes. "Moons" are _natural_ satellites, as opposed to the artificial satellites that we build here on Earth and launch into space on rockets.
The John F. Kennedy space museum is in what state?
It is found at Cape Kennedy, Florida, near the launch site for NASA rockets.
