Multistage rocket
device · 1957 · Digital age
A rocket that drops its spent stages (R-7).
What it is made of
- Rocket stage — has part. Each stage is tanks and an engine, dropped once spent.
- Rocket interstage — has part. It joins the stages and separates them with pyrotechnics.
- Liquid-propellant rocket engine — has part. Engines on every stage.
- Rocket propellant tank — has part. It stores fuel and oxidizer.
- Rocket guidance unit — has part. Gyroscopes and a computer hold the trajectory.
Principles and materials it uses
- Tsiolkovsky rocket equation — uses. Tsiolkovsky justified “rocket trains”.
- Aluminium — is made of. The tanks are aluminium alloys.
- Kerosene — is made of. The fuel is kerosene.
Where it is used
- Space probe — is used in. Launch.
History: what it evolved from and what it influenced
- Reusable rocket — evolved into. The first stage returns.
What it is a kind of
- R-7 rocket — includes. A clustered multistage layout.
- Liquid-propellant rocket engine — is a kind of. Stages with liquid-propellant engines.
- Intercontinental ballistic missile — includes. A multistage rocket.
- Saturn V — includes. A rocket.
- Rocket — is a kind of. A multistage rocket is a rocket that drops its empty tanks on the way.