Question

Rockets are designed to carry:
1. Payloads
2. Scientific instruments
3. Satellites
4. All of these

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 4 : All of these

The correct answer is All of these.

• A space rocket is a vehicle with a very powerful jet engine designed to carry people or equipment beyond Earth and out into space.
• Rockets need great speed and a huge amount of energy to escape the pull of gravity and stop them tumbling back down to Earth-like stones.
• The payload is the carrying capacity of an aircraft or launch vehicle, usually measured in terms of weight.
  • the payload of a vehicle may include cargo, passengers, flight crew, munitions, scientific instruments or experiments, or other equipment.

• There are four major systems in a full-scale rocket; the structural system, the payload system, the guidance system, and the propulsion system.
  • The structural system, or frame, is similar to the fuselage of an airplane.
    The frame is made from very strong but lightweight materials, like titanium or aluminum, and usually employs long "stringers" which run from the top to the bottom which are connected to "hoops" which run around the circumference.
  • The payload system of a rocket depends on the rocket's mission.
    The earliest payloads on rockets were fireworks for celebrating holidays.
    The same rockets were modified to launch satellites with a wide range of missions; communications, weather monitoring, spying, planetary exploration, and observatories, like the Hubble Space Telescope.
  • The guidance system of a rocket may include very sophisticated sensors, on-board computers, radars, and communication equipment to maneuver the rocket in flight.