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Not for the Falcon 9/Falcon Heavy that will be used in this launch; it uses RP-1 (basically very pure jet fuel, AKA kerosene) and liquid oxygen as fuel.

The Shuttle and the new Space Launch System will use hydrogen/LOX, which exhausts basically water vapor.




RP-1/LOX also exhausts basically water vapor, plus CO2. There should be little NOx emission since it's not burning air, but there's probably some organic emissions from unburned fuel.


Well, not the SRB part.


Yeah, in both cases, the SRBs are the majority of the launch thrust.




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