burn time

Fuel consumption span

Burn time is how long a rocket engine or motor fires before exhausting its propellant.

The term appears in aerospace contexts for calculating trajectories and fuel requirements: The first stage has a burn time of two minutes.

In candle and fuel contexts, burn time indicates how long something will stay lit: These candles have an eight-hour burn time.

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rocket · rocket engine · fuse · propellant · countdown · launch window · thrust · wick · consumption · exhaust · flame · combustion · engine · launch · payload · solid · liquid · booster

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combustion phase

burn timeignition point

Temperature causing combustion

flash point · burnout · ignition · flame-out · start-up

duration value

burn timeflash burn

Damage from intense radiance

rocket propulsion state

burn timeshutdown

Cessation of operations

downtime · idle time

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burn, time, burns, burned, burning, burner, burners, burnt, burnout

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