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Answer Wiki. If a rocket went straight up, it would either continue in that direction and leave Earth, or it would fall back down, depending on its velocity. Most rockets intend to enter orbit, which is an elliptical trajectory, and it's much more efficient to arc into this trajectory than to go straight up and then accelerate laterally.
A model rocket is launched straight upward with an initial speed of 70.0 m/s. It accelerates with a constant upward acceleration of 2.00 m/s2 until its engines stop at an altitude of 150 m. (a) What is the maximum height reached by the rocket?