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Which rocket engine was foremost developed?

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L. Laurel

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Answered Jan 02, 2020

The first-ever rocket that was strong enough to be able to fly into space is called the V2 Missile. This was first launched in the year 1942. It was not strong enough to maintain its momentum, so it is not considered to be a success. The first rocket that was launched that became successful was launched in the year 1957, and it is called the Sputnik.

This was released by the Soviet Union, and it surprised the whole world that it was a success. Just 16 days later, they have released another satellite that was also successful. This prompted the United States to make more effort to do more with its space exploration and experiments.

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R. Tanner

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Answered Dec 24, 2019

The original staged combustion engine was the S1.5400. It was used in the Soviet planetary rocket, which was conceived by Melnikov, a former assistant to Isaac. It was a Soviet single nozzle liquid-propellant rocket engine burning liquid oxygen and kerosene in an oxidizer rich staged combustion cycle, being the first rocket engine to operate this cycle in the world.

It was also the first Soviet engine intended for launch and resume in a vacuum and had the highest at the time of its implementation. Its development took from 1958 to 1960. The first assembly run was in May 1960, and it passed all the firing tests. Its first flight was unsuccessful before the Block-L was initiated. The first success was in a flight in 1961. In the Middle Of 1961 and 1964, it went through an enhancement program that ended up in the S1.5400A1 version.

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F. Hope

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Answered Dec 19, 2019

It will be easy to wonder about so many things and this time, you may be highly interested in rockets. Rockets have made it easier for a lot of items to be brought up in the sky at a very fast speed. The first-ever rocket may have been created for arrows. According to reports, some of the first rockets were created in China during the Song Dynasty.

Take note that there is not enough evidence to prove that this is true. There are more concrete pieces of evidence that have occurred back in the 13th Century. Modern rockets were used again in China and in other countries such as the Middle East, Mongolia, Korea, and Europe. It was during this time that the rocket technology spread and became more important to various countries.

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