• Question: how fast can a rocket be launched

    Asked by feat532cyma47 to Rocket_Dan on 10 Mar 2026.
    • Photo: Daniel Innes

      Daniel Innes answered on 10 Mar 2026:

      So this completely depends on the size of the rocket. Some of my smaller rockets are launched really really quick (which keeps them stable during flight). The smaller they are the faster they can go.
      The bigger orbital rockets initially go slow as they are heavy with fuel to get them to space. As they get into space they have less mass, less atmosphere and can go 1000s of mph

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