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Q: How much fuel is needed to get a rocket into orbit?
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How much fuel will be needed in a rocket?

How much fuel will be needed in a rocket will depend on the size of the rocket and where it is going. A rocket that will be traveling into space burns a lot of fuel and will need enough to keep it in orbit for teh desired time.


How much fuel needed to get to the moon?

how much fuel is needed to get to the moon in a rocket


How much fuel is needed for a rocket?

500,000,000


A rocket that has two or more than stages?

Yes a rocket usually has 2 or more stages, to take off, a lot of fuel is required, after reaching the required orbit, carryin so much extra fuel would be a burden so before the rocket settles in the orbit, 1 or more stages maybe removed


How much fuel does a rocket carry?

A large rocket holds a lot of fuel, a small rocket holds less.


Where is the solid fuel rocket on a rocket?

At the very bottom is the nozzle, after that is the fuel. Depending on how big the rocket is and how much fuel it needs determines the size of the chamber


Why was the iss not launched as a complete satellite?

No nation on earth has ever built a rocket launch vehicle with the energy and cargo space that would have been needed to put that much payload in orbit.


How much rocket fuel is needed to send a rocket into space?

It depends upon the weight of the total vehicle and the payload combined (including the fuel, which needs to be carried upward too). For more information, see the link below the ads. The Saturn V can carry 385.6 tonnes of propellant according to pg 244 in "The Rocket: The History and Development of Rocket & Missile Technology"


How much gasoline is 5625000 pounds of rocket fuel?

How much energy is in one gallon of gas, compare this to quantity of energy in one gallon of rocket fuel, voila, your answer!!!


How much do does fuel does it take to flya rocket?

The answer depends on where you want to fly it to.


How much is the fuel consumption of a rocket to overcome the gravity of earth?

115


How much fuel is used to send a rocket out of earth's atmosphere?

To get a general idea of this lets look at the German V-2, which was the first rocket to get out of earth's atmosphere (but it could not put anything in orbit). The V-2 was fueled with 8400 pounds of ethyl alcohol and 10820 pounds of liquid oxygen.