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booster rocket [′büs·tər ‚räk·ət] (aerospace engineering) Also known as booster. A rocket motor, either solid-or liquid-fueled, that assists the normal propulsive system or sustainer engine of a rocket or aeronautical vehicle in some phase of its flight. A rocket used to set a vehicle in motion before another engine takes over. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Separation bolts are an integral space shuttle component, holding the external fuel tank and the solid rocket booster in place during takeoff. The Long March 2F rocket booster that launched the Shenzhou, reports China Reform Monitor, "was perfected with design recommendations by U. When the first puff of smoke appeared from a solid rocket booster on Challenger's doomed takeoff in 1986, the spacecraft was still sitting on the launch pad. |
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