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Aerospace glossary

Hydrolox

Also called LOX/LH2

Rocket propellant made of liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen. It gives the highest specific impulse of common propellants, but hydrogen is bulky and must be kept at ≈20 K, so tanks are large and leaks are frequent.

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