Editing Monopropellant rocket (section)

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{{Short description|Rocket that uses a single propellant with a catalyst}}
A '''[[monopropellant]] rocket''' (or "'''monochemical rocket'''") is a [[rocket]] that uses a single [[chemical]] as its [[propellant]].{{contradictory inline|section=New developments|reason=The opening sentence here says a monopropellant is a single chemical;  the entire new developments section covers nothing but oxidizer / fuel propellants which are not single chemical.|date=April 2025}}<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://app.knovel.com/web/view/khtml/show.v/rcid:kpEDHEAMPH/cid:kt008MK1A8/viewerType:khtml//root_slug:engineering-design-handbook/url_slug:liquid-monopropellant?kpromoter=federation&view=collapsed&zoom=1&page=11 |title=United States Army: Elements of Aircraft and Missile Propulsion |date=July 1969 |publisher=United States Army Material Command |pages=1–11 |access-date=March 1, 2024 |department=Department of Defense}}</ref> Monopropellant rockets are commonly used as small attitude and trajectory control rockets in satellites, rocket upper stages, crewed spacecraft, and spaceplanes.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Sutton |first1=George |title=Rocket Propulsion Elements |last2=Biblarz |first2=Oscar |publisher=Wiley-Interscience |isbn=0-471-32642-9 |edition=7th |pages=259}}</ref>