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Recent Examples of propellant
The full system requires more than 10 million pounds of propellant for launch.
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Michael Sheetz, CNBC, 16 Jan. 2025
The plan for Starship is to transfer cryogenic propellants between tankers, depots, and ships heading to the Moon, Mars, or other deep-space destinations.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 7 Feb. 2025
They are mounted on the Curio platform that incorporates a large spherical propellant tank.
—Leonard David, Space.com, 4 Feb. 2025
What To Know The ships are allegedly transporting more than 1,000 tons of sodium perchlorate, according to the Financial Times, a chemical element used to make ammonium perchlorate, the main compound in missile propellant.
—John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025
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Michael Sheetz, CNBC, 16 Jan. 2025
The plan for Starship is to transfer cryogenic propellants between tankers, depots, and ships heading to the Moon, Mars, or other deep-space destinations.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 7 Feb. 2025
They are mounted on the Curio platform that incorporates a large spherical propellant tank.
—Leonard David, Space.com, 4 Feb. 2025
What To Know The ships are allegedly transporting more than 1,000 tons of sodium perchlorate, according to the Financial Times, a chemical element used to make ammonium perchlorate, the main compound in missile propellant.
—John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for propellant
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Even with the generator, exhaust system and fuel system, the total weight added back is likely well under 500-lbs leaving a notable net reduction in vehicle weight.—
Sam Abuelsamid,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2025
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However, many countries have not placed sanctions on Russia; the report said that some fuel products had made their way to the West through third-party states including China, India and Turkey.—
Mark Joseph,
Newsweek,
24 Feb. 2025
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By that time, the mountains around L.A. were like a giant pile of kindling.—
Jeff Goodell,
Rolling Stone,
13 Feb. 2025
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Then Sam throws the rest of his kindling onto his fire in a last-ditch attempt just as, as Jeffrey says, the wind blows Teeny’s fire away from her rope and blows Sam’s fire upward toward his rope.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
18 Dec. 2024
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The energy then gets re-emitted at longer, lower-energy wavelengths—greens, yellows, oranges, and reds.—
Elizabeth Rayne,
Ars Technica,
23 Feb. 2025
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This solid base provided by the energy of Ollie Rathbone and George Dobson helped the defence put in one of their more polished collective displays, certainly since Cambridge United’s surprise 2-2 draw at the SToK Cae Ras on December 14 heralded a notable drop-off in form.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
The Athletic,
23 Feb. 2025
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Critics, even in his own ranks, saw this as an unforgivable breach of a political quarantine designed to keep the AfD out of power.—
Thomas Escritt,
USA TODAY,
24 Feb. 2025
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The 34-year-old displayed his power to deliver blows to Beterbiev while still being able to evade his opponent’s counter attempts.—
Ben Morse,
CNN,
23 Feb. 2025
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“Propellant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/propellant. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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