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A '''rocket engine''' is a type of heat engine that is used for [[spacecraft]] propulsion. Rocket engines take their reaction mass from one or more tanks or solid fuel and form it into a hypersonic jet, obtaining thrust in accordance with [[Newton's third law]].  
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A '''rocket engine''' is a type of heat engine that is used for [[spacecraft]] propulsion . Rocket engines take their reaction mass from one or more tanks or solid fuel and form it into a hypersonic jet, obtaining thrust in accordance with [[Newton's third law]].  
  
 
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* Electromagnetic rocket engines ([[JxB thruster]], [[eigenfield accelerator]], [[stationary plasma thruster]] (SPT), [[plasma pulse thruster]])
 
* Electromagnetic rocket engines ([[JxB thruster]], [[eigenfield accelerator]], [[stationary plasma thruster]] (SPT), [[plasma pulse thruster]])
  
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