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Rocket propellant
Chemical or mixture used as fuel for a rocket engine / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Rocket propellant is the reaction mass of a rocket. This reaction mass is ejected at the highest achievable velocity 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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