Force produced by pushing against a reaction mass in space à la Newton's third law: "For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction." The thrust of a rocket engine is the forward force produced by expelling the exhaust mass (reaction mass) in the backwards direction.
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Second stage thrust used to slow first stage
Is it possible to use a large lightweight sail deployed on the first stage shortly after separation from the second stage to receive exhaust thrust from the second stage engine, so as to slow the first stage down?
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Small thrust thrusters
If I have a propeller with a continuous thrust of $1 \times 10^{-9}$ Newtons, can I take the satellite from LEO to the moon?
How can I calculate the time it would take for a satellite of a certain mass to reach an orbit knowing the thrust?
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How to convert from tons to kilonewtons?
How do a go from a thrust of 66.28 t to kilonewtons?
thrust: 66.28 t
isp: 237.2 s
burn: 34 s
These values are from spacelaunchreport under Vehicle Components, for the Ariane 4 PAP solid booster.
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