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Monopropellant rocket
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<p>A <a href="/facts/Monopropellant/nf8KGzDj">monopropellant</a> rocket (or "monochemical rocket") is a <a href="/facts/Rocket/b6j4keIl">rocket</a> that uses a single <a href="/facts/Chemical/EWcXU41d">chemical</a> as its <a href="/facts/Propellant/K88ymXRy">propellant</a>.[<i>contradictory</i>] Monopropellant rockets are commonly used as small attitude and trajectory control rockets in satellites, rocket upper stages, crewed spacecraft, and spaceplanes. </p>