rocket booster

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• rocket booster — rocket booster, a rocket engine used as a booster: »Ballistic missiles, once separated from their rocket boosters, can t be shifted to alternate targets or called back (Wall Street Journal) …   Useful english dictionary

• rocket booster — extra charge that increases the speed of a rocket and increases the range of strike …   English contemporary dictionary

• Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster — The Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Boosters (SRBs) are the pair of large solid rockets used by the Space Shuttle during the first two minutes of powered flight. They are located on either side of the orange external propellant tank. Each SRB produces …   Wikipedia

• Liquid rocket booster — A Liquid Rocket Booster (LRB) is similar to a solid rocket booster (SRB) attached to the side of a rocket to give it extra lift at takeoff. A Liquid Rocket Booster has fuel and oxidiser in liquid form, as opposed to a solid rocket or hybrid… …   Wikipedia

• Solid rocket booster — Solid rocket boosters (SRB) (or motors, SRM) are used to provide the main thrust in spacecraft launches from the launchpad up to burnout of the SRBs. Many launch vehicles include SRBs, including the Ariane 5, Atlas V, and the NASA Space Shuttle.… …   Wikipedia

• Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster — Die Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster (SRB, englisch für Space Shuttle Feststoffraketen) sind ein Teil des Space Shuttles. Sie sind die leistungsstärksten Raketentriebwerke, die je eingesetzt wurden. Übersichtsbild eines SRB Die beiden… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Rocket propellant — is mass that is stored, usually in some form of propellant tank, prior to being used as the propulsive mass that is ejected from a rocket engine in the form of a fluid jet to produce thrust.Chemical rocket propellants are most commonly used,… …   Wikipedia

• solid rocket booster — a solid propellant strap on rocket used to accelerate a missile or launch vehicle during liftoff. Abbr.: SRB * * * …   Universalium

• solid rocket booster — a solid propellant strap on rocket used to accelerate a missile or launch vehicle during liftoff. Abbr.: SRB …   Useful english dictionary

• Booster (rocketry) — In spaceflight, a booster may be either: * an entire launch vehicle or launcher used to lift a spacecraft. Initially all boosters used for human spaceflight and most unmanned boosters used liquid propellant, at least for the core launch vehicle.… …   Wikipedia

• rocket and missile system — ▪ weapons system Introduction       any of a variety of weapons systems that deliver explosive warheads to their targets by means of rocket propulsion.       Rocket is a general term used broadly to describe a variety of jet propelled missiles… …   Universalium