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Why do Soviet and Soviet-derived rockets hot-stage instead of using ullage motors?

I am only aware of one US rocket that used hot-staging for maintaining proper ullage during stage seperation--the Titan family. Otherwise, US rockets tend to use reaction control systems or small ...
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Are these sliding ullage bulkheads in the OTRAG rocket? How do they seal?

This answer to Were there any non-state organizations to organize space flight and colonizations in the second half of the 20th century? mentions OTRAG and links to Astronautix's OTRAG page. The ...
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