Rocket Emoji

Travel

A stylized rocket ship angled upward, typically featuring a white or red body with exhaust flames erupting from the base. It captures the look of a heavy-lift launch vehicle mid-ascent.

Usage Context

Widely used to signal a rapid increase in progress, high-energy enthusiasm, or the literal start of a project. It is frequently sent in financial circles to suggest a stock or cryptocurrency is trending upward, often appearing alongside 📈 or 🔥 to highlight growth.

History

Part of the original set of emojis adapted from Japanese carrier platforms, it was officially incorporated into the Unicode Standard in 2010. Its design draws from the iconic imagery of the Space Age and Cold War-era aerospace technology that dominated early computer graphics icons.

Details

Glyph

🚀

Unicode

U+1F680

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f680:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDE80;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Travel

Subcategory transport-air

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License Apache-2.0 / OFL-1.1

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Google. © Google Inc. Licensed under Apache License 2.0 and SIL Open Font License 1.1 where applicable.

Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.

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