Question

A rocket has been fired upwards to launch a satellite in its orbit. Name the two forces acting on the rocket immediately after leaving the launching pad. ( ignore the frictional force due to air resistance. )

Plz don't write unexpected and irritating answers....And FRICTIONAL FORCE isn't the answer...Mind it...No one should write Frictional Force as the answer !!!1

Answer 1

So according to the circumstances mentioned in the question.

Two types of forces are constantly acting on the rocket.The two forces are (apart from the frictional force of atmosphere):

1)The backward thrust force which is generating from the rocket engine to give the rocket an upward push.

2)And,the reverse gravitational pull force of the earth.

Answer 2

Two forces acting on rocket as soon as it leaves launching pad in motion:

1. Force due to gravitation pull, which acts on the rocket and it opposes the motion of the rocket as it is experienced downwards towards the Earth by the rocket.

2. Force of friction offered by the atmosphere of the Earth, as the motion of rocket is in the atmosphere of the Earth, it also opposed the motion when the rocket is leaving experienced over the rocket imposed by each layer of the atmosphere.