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The same forces that had been trying to slow it down while it still had fuel, but were being overcome by the reaction force of the fuel burning in the engine of the rocket. Nothing has changed other than the loss of this reaction force, no new forces appeared.

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When a rocket runs out of fuel, the two forces that slow it down are gravity and atmospheric drag. Gravity pulls the rocket back toward Earth, while atmospheric drag creates resistance against the rocket's movement through the atmosphere.

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