rocket motor
Missile's thrust source
A rocket motor is an engine that generates thrust by expelling propellant at high velocity, carrying both fuel and oxidizer so it can operate without atmospheric oxygen.
The term is often used interchangeably with rocket engine, though some distinguish motors as using solid propellant while engines use liquid: The missile's solid rocket motor ignited on command.
Flow-directing pipe fitting
- combustion chamberEngine's ignition cavity
- turbopumpRotary propellant pressurizer
- injectorMechanism forcing substances inward
- propellantSubstance creating thrust
oxidizer · fuel · ignition · throat · gimbal · throttle · cryogenic · solid fuel
Starting combustion process
Vehicle for outer space
- orbitCurved celestial path
- satelliteOrbiting celestial body
- interplanetaryBetween celestial bodies
- lunarOf the moon
Mars · deorbit · retrofire · attitude control · deep space
nozzle
Flow-directing pipe fitting
- combustion chamberEngine's ignition cavity
- turbopumpRotary propellant pressurizer
- injectorMechanism forcing substances inward
propellant · oxidizer · fuel · ignition · throat · gimbal · throttle · cryogenic · solid fuel · liquid fuel
ignition
Starting combustion process
fuel · heat · thermochemistry · gas generator
spacecraft
Vehicle for outer space
- orbitCurved celestial path
- satelliteOrbiting celestial body
- interplanetaryBetween celestial bodies
lunar · Mars · deorbit · retrofire · attitude control · deep space
exhaust
Use up entirely
- plumeOrnamental feather or rising column
- accelerationRate velocity changes
- velocityDirected rate of motion
force · newtons · impulse · momentum · vectoring · gimbaling · burn · reaction · ejecta · pressure
liftoff
Moment of ascent
booster · stage · separation · payload · trajectory · flight · NASA · ESA · SpaceX · cosmodrome
- rocketsballistic missile, booster, boosters, Saturn V, Falcon 9
- rocketrythrust, third stage, nozzle, launch, propellants
- Air Combatair strike, airstrikes, fighter pilot, bombing run, combat aircraft
- motorselectric motors, DC motors, AC motors, servo motors, stepper motors
- Rocket Enginesnozzle, combustion chamber, thruster, propulsion, oxidizer
- Virgin GalacticRichard Branson, space tourism, passenger seats, mothership, hybrid engine
rocket motorjet engine
Thrust-producing aircraft powerplant
turbojet · turbofan · ramjet · internal combustion engine · piston engine
rocket motorsail
Ship's wind-catching fabric
oar · paddle · muscle power · horse · wind power
rocket, motor, motive, motivation, rockets, motionless, motorist, rocketing, rocketed