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propellant

[pruh-pel-uhnt] / prəˈpɛl ənt /




NOUN
gasoline
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Electric propulsion systems are far more efficient than traditional chemical rockets, using up to 90% less propellant.

From Science Daily • May 6, 2026

Last year, two other containerships controlled by the subsidiary transported from China 1,000 tons of a material used in the solid propellant for Iranian midrange missiles, The Wall Street Journal reported.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

"But we're also humans trying to load millions of pounds of propellant onto a giant machine and send it to the Moon," he added.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

The check on Thursday, which involved fuelling the rocket with some 730,000 gallons of propellant over the course of 50-hours, initially revealed no faults.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026

Our conclusion was we didn’t know what we were doing with the new propellant.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam




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