Sentence examples for the propellants from inspiring English sources

After attaining 99 percent of its orbital velocity, the orbiter had exhausted the propellants in the external tank.

Its tiny size makes it more reactive than traditional iron-oxide catalysts, allowing faster conversion of the propellants and greater speed or range for the missiles.

The propellants are supplied to the injector manifold at a somewhat higher pressure, usually by high-capacity turbopumps (one for the fuel and another for the oxidizer).

For example, the external tank, which is discarded once the propellants are exhausted and disintegrates on reentry, is supplied by Lockheed Martin.

The propellants were word that the Federal Reserve had grown concerned about the decline in economic growth and in the stock market, as well as signs that the presidential election impasse might be broken.

"Tom was responsible for setting up the operation in Florida that prepared all the equipment, putting the propellants on board, checking it all out — a complex operation," said Mr. Tribe, who later became chief engineer for the Boeing-Rockwell Company.

The propellant came from the top.

Openness is the propellant of great civilisations.

These normally include a projectile, the propellant, and a primer that ignites the propellant.

"My outrage that day became the propellant of my life".

Liquid-propellant systems carry the propellant in tanks external to the combustion chamber.