Aerospace Engineering > GATE 2026 > Rocket Propulsion
Consider a launch vehicle of mass 10 tons being launched vertically. The vehicle has 8 tons of propellant, which burns completely at a constant rate over 50 s. If the engine specific impulse is 250 s, and the acceleration due to gravity at sea level is g0, the acceleration experienced by the vehicle at lift-off is ________.
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