• The booster separation motors or BSMs on the Space Shuttle were relatively small rocket motors that separated the reusable solid rocket boosters (SRB)...
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    Primary elements of each booster were the motor (including case, propellant, igniter, and nozzle), structure, separation systems, operational flight...
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  • earlier separation to reduce the mass being accelerated. This would leave most of the center core propellant available after booster separation. Musk stated...
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    similar to Ares I and will be based on the Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster. The Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) development program...
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    Liquid Fly-back Booster (LFBB) was a German Aerospace Center's (DLR's) project concept to develop a liquid rocket booster capable of reuse for Ariane...
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    during its descent, starting about 20 seconds after separation of the capsule from the abort motor. They were recovered from the Atlantic Ocean. Brown...
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  • have been able to return to Earth safely. Stacking of the solid rocket boosters (SRB) began on 11 July 2008. One month later, the external tank arrived...
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    A booster pump is a machine which increases the pressure of a fluid. It may be used with liquids or gases, and the construction details vary depending...
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    Solid Rocket Boosters (SRB) provided 71.4% of the Space Shuttle's thrust during liftoff and ascent, and were the largest solid-propellant motors ever flown...
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    errant side booster was deformed during assembly, preventing proper separation of the side booster, while the sensor and separation motor had worked properly...
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    The Solid Rocket Motor Upgrade (SRMU) was a solid rocket motor that was used as a booster on the Titan IVB launch vehicle. Developed by Hercules (later...
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    complexity of stage separation, and gives a small extra payload capacity to the booster. It also eliminates the need for ullage motors, as the acceleration...
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  • Rocket Booster External tank Main engine Orbital Maneuvering System Reaction control system Thermal protection system Booster separation motor Orbiters...
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    tetroxide attached to the side of each booster. Solid fueled separation rockets, used to jettison the spent boosters, were affixed at the top and bottom...
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    control electronics as well as extra safety features for motor case joints. This booster's control system makes use of one of the strongest electro-mechanical...
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    solid motor, and 6 indicated a Star 37FM motor. An H following the four digits denoted that the vehicle used the larger Delta III GEM 46 boosters. The...
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    Ullage motors (also known as ullage engines or ullage rockets) are relatively small, independently fueled rocket engines that may be fired prior to main...
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    power of all 33 Raptor engines on the Super Heavy Booster and made it through stage separation. The booster was planned to land on the Gulf of Mexico, but...
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    stage consists of two S200 solid motors, also known as Large Solid Boosters (LSB) attached to the core stage. Each booster is 3.2 metres (10 ft) wide, 25...
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    Rocket Booster External tank Main engine Orbital Maneuvering System Reaction control system Thermal protection system Booster separation motor Orbiters...
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  • capsule returning to Earth via three parachutes and a solid rocket motor. The booster lands vertically on a landing pad 3.2 km north of the launch pad....
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    ROCKET MOTOR (PDF) (Report). United Aircraft Corporation. Retrieved 26 February 2016. Study of Solid Rocket Motors for a Space Shuttle Booster (PDF) (Report)...
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    the sustainer motor is ignited along with up to four tracer flares in the back of the missile. At 45 meters range, the booster motor runs out. Once 230...
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  • CASTOR strap-on booster rocket, used on the Atlas rocket. In 1964, the Woodbine, Georgia plant was constructed to build solid propellant motors for NASA, but...
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  • rocket booster) Ariane 5 (separation and acceleration boosters) IDAS (interactive defence & attack for submarines) Nammo manufactures separation rocket...
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    Two strap-on boosters are equipped with SITVC for additional attitude control. The PSLV-CA uses no strap-on boosters. First stage separation is aided by...
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    BT-3A carried the Nuclear Warhead, BT-3A(N). When fired, and after booster separation, its corkscrew contrail progressed to the center of the beam. Reception...
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    not be available for STS-114. She also had concerns about the booster separation motors that separated the SRBs from the orbiter. These were redesigned...
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    the solid rocket booster include: The aft skirt was modified to include eight booster deceleration motors, which pulled the booster directly away from...
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    SM-2 Block IV design. The SM-3 uses the same solid rocket booster and dual thrust rocket motor as the Block IV missile for the first and second stages and...
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