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Solid propellant motor used to augment the thrust of a rocket
A solid rocket booster (SRB) is a solid propellant motor used to provide thrust in spacecraft launches from initial launch through the first ascent. Many
Solid_rocket_booster
Solid propellant rocket used by the Space Shuttle
The Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster (SRB) was the first solid-propellant rocket to be used for primary propulsion on a vehicle used for human spaceflight
Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster
Space_Shuttle_Solid_Rocket_Booster
Rocket with a motor that uses solid propellants
reliability, solid rockets are still used today in military armaments worldwide, model rockets, solid rocket boosters and on larger applications. Since solid-fuel
Solid-propellant_rocket
Rocket used to augment the thrust of a larger rocket
engines. The booster may be recovered, refurbished and reused, as was the case of the steel casings used for the Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Boosters. The SM-65
Booster_(rocketry)
Same as a solid rocket booster, but uses liquid instead of solid fuel
payload that can be carried. It is attached to the side of a rocket. Unlike solid rocket boosters, LRBs can be throttled down if the engines are designed to
Liquid_rocket_booster
NASA super heavy-lift expendable launch vehicle used in the Artemis Program
engines. Attached to the core are two Northrop Grumman five-segment Solid Rocket Boosters, built for the Ares vehicles, tested on Ares I-X, developed from
Space_Launch_System
United Launch Alliance launch vehicle
missions in March 2025. In February 2026, a second issue involving a solid rocket booster occurred, after which launches were paused pending investigation
Vulcan_Centaur
Solid-fuel orbital vehicle component
Castor is a family of solid-fuel rocket stages and boosters built by Thiokol (now Northrop Grumman) and used on a variety of launch vehicles. They were
Castor_(rocket_stage)
Explosive fastener used to separate components, typically in aerospace
itself is split into two or more parts. Frangible nuts secured the solid rocket boosters (SRB) of the Space Shuttle, which were bolted to the mobile launcher
Frangible_nut
Partially reusable launch system and space plane
clustered Rocketdyne RS-25 main engines, a pair of recoverable solid rocket boosters (SRBs), and the expendable external tank (ET) containing liquid
Space_Shuttle
Strap on solid rocket booster
British single nozzle wrap around solid rocket booster developed by Bristol Aircraft Co. in the 1950s to act as a booster motor for the 'Red Duster' Bristol
Gosling_solid_rocket_booster
Japanese medium-lift launch vehicle
year (JFY) 2020 in the H3‑30 configuration, which lacks solid rocket boosters, followed by a booster-equipped version in JFY21. The newly developed LE-9 engine
H3_(rocket)
Chemical or mixture used in a rocket engine
orbital launch vehicles use solid-fueled rockets in their boost stages (solid rocket boosters) for this reason. Solid-fuel rockets have lower specific impulse
Rocket_propellant
Canceled NASA rocket key to the Constellation program
much like the Ares I design, with liquid rocket second stages stacked above segmented solid rocket booster (SRB) first stages. The variants that were
Ares_I
American aerospace and defense company
GEM-40, solid rocket booster used on the Delta II rocket GEM-60, solid rocket booster used on the Delta IV rocket GEM-63, solid rocket booster used on
Orbital_ATK
Canceled US launch vehicle
projects, both of which consisted of a five segment Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster (SRB) and a cryogenic second stage. It was intended to be launched
Omega_(rocket)
Ukrainian long-range one-way attack drone
slender fuselage with a two-cylinder engine driving a propeller, a solid rocket booster for launching, and fixed straight wings. It carries a modular warhead
Fire_Point_FP-1
The booster separation motors or BSMs on the Space Shuttle were relatively small rocket motors that separated the reusable solid rocket boosters (SRB)
Booster_separation_motor
1972–2011 United States human spaceflight program
Space Shuttle, composed of an orbiter launched with two reusable solid rocket boosters and a disposable external fuel tank, carried up to eight astronauts
Space_Shuttle_program
Space Shuttle Challenger disaster report
failure in the O-rings sealing the aft field joint on the right solid rocket booster, causing pressurized hot gases and eventually flame to "blow by"
Rogers_Commission_Report
Family of launch vehicles used in U.S. Air Force and space programs (1959–2005)
III core rocket with two large strap-on solid-fuel boosters to increase its launch thrust and maximum payload mass. The solid-fuel boosters that were
Titan_(rocket_family)
American space launch system (1989–2018)
exploded 13 seconds after launch. The explosion occurred when a damaged solid rocket booster casing ruptured and triggered the vehicle's flight termination system
Delta_II
American solid propellant rocket motor
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
Solid_Rocket_Motor_Upgrade
Brazilian Space Agency satellite launcher
four S-20 rocket engines Stage 2 - one S-20 rocket engine The VLS-XVI 01 sub-orbital test vehicle has three solid fuel rocket stages and boosters, arranged
VLS-1
solid fuel booster rockets derived from the Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster attached to a ring consisting of six main stages of Delta II rockets,
McDonnell_Douglas_Barbarian
Defunct American rubber, related chemicals and rocket manufacturer (1929–2007)
producing CASTOR strap-on booster rocket, used on the Atlas rocket. In 1964, the Woodbine, Georgia plant was constructed to build solid propellant motors for
Thiokol
Component of the Space Shuttle launch vehicle
cut-off (MECO) and it re-entered the Earth's atmosphere. Unlike the Solid Rocket Boosters, external tanks were not re-used. They broke up before impact in
Space_Shuttle_external_tank
Missile program of the United States Army
Greek mythology). The missile's first-stage solid rocket booster became the basis for many types of rockets, including the Nike Hercules and Nike Smoke
Project_Nike
1986 breakup of American orbiter
and secondary O-ring seals in a joint in the right Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster (SRB). The record-low temperatures on the morning of the launch had
Space Shuttle Challenger disaster
Space_Shuttle_Challenger_disaster
Lockheed Martin expendable launch system
was to feature a 2 1⁄2-segment Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster (SRB) derived reusable solid rocket booster (RSRB) first stage topped by one Castor 120
Athena_(rocket_family)
Launch vehicle built from Space Shuttle components
Space shuttles. SLS also uses a pair of solid rocket boosters derived from the Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster. The first SLS was delivered to Kennedy
Shuttle-derived_vehicle
Solid rocket booster by Aerojet Rocketdyne
a solid rocket booster produced by Aerojet Rocketdyne. Up to 2020 they were used as strap-on boosters on all United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket configurations
AJ-60A
Rocket engine used on the Saturn V rocket
liquid rocket booster, in NASA's Advanced Booster Program, which aims to find a more powerful successor to the five-segment Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Boosters
Rocketdyne_F-1
Rocket family
Vulcan Centaur rocket, which can offer similar heavy-lift capabilities at a lower cost with a single-core and six solid rocket boosters. The vehicle consisted
Delta_(rocket_family)
Chinese anti-ship missile
Hongda Mining Company. The HD-1 is powered by a ramjet engine and a solid rocket booster. The HD-1 is a private, export-oriented missile project developed
HD-1
Canceled NASA rocket key to Project Constellation
use a pair of solid-fuel first-stage rocket boosters that burn simultaneously with the liquid-fueled core stage. The solid rocket booster on Ares V was
Ares_V
JAXA small-lift rocket family
cost per launch the Epsilon uses the existing SRB-A3, a solid rocket booster on the H-IIA rocket, as its first stage. Existing M-V upper stages will be
Epsilon_(rocket)
Taiwanese land-attack cruise missile
to be in the 3,300–3,500 lb (1,500–1,600 kg) range, including its solid rocket booster. It is essentially a tactical land attack cruise missile designed
Hsiung_Feng_IIE
The S139 (S for Solid, 139 for weight of 139 tonnes) is a Solid Rocket Booster manufactured by the Indian Space Research Organisation at the Satish Dhawan
S139_Booster
Solid-fuel first-stage rocket motor
The P120C is a solid-fuel rocket motor developed for use as the first stage of the Vega C launch vehicle and as strap-on boosters for the Ariane 6. It
P120C
NASA Project Mercury capsule qualification test booster rocket
Little Joe was a solid-fueled booster rocket used by NASA for eight launches from 1959 to 1961 from Wallops Island, Virginia to test the launch escape
Little_Joe_(rocket)
Test in spaceflight
directing and integrating all flight crew, orbiter, external tank/solid rocket booster and ground support testing in the shuttle launch countdown. The NTD
Launch_status_check
Space Shuttle orbiter (1983–1986)
seal in one of Challenger's solid rocket boosters failed to contain pressurized burning gas that leaked out of the booster, causing a structural failure
Space_Shuttle_Challenger
Launch vehicle study
dedicated uncrewed cargo launcher. The external tank and Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Boosters (SRBs) would be combined with a cargo module that took the place
Studied_Space_Shuttle_designs
American aerodynamics engineer (1938–2012)
Shuttle Challenger disaster. This memo followed his investigation of a solid rocket booster (SRB) from a shuttle flight in January 1985. During his investigation
Roger_Boisjoly
Joint venture of Lockheed Martin and Boeing
company designs, assembles, sells and launches rockets. The company uses rocket engines, solid rocket boosters, and other components supplied by other companies
United_Launch_Alliance
Land-attack cruise missile
kilometres (750–1,240 mi) kilometers. It has a ramjet engine with a solid rocket booster capable of a hypersonic speed of Mach 6 or 2,060 m/s (4,600 mph)
Yun_Feng
Detailed timeline of Space Shuttle Challenger mission
Challenger's main engines until the remote destruction of the two Solid rocket boosters (SRBs), and includes a transcript of crew conversations from the
Timeline of the STS-51-L mission
Timeline_of_the_STS-51-L_mission
Reusable superheavy-lift general-purpose launch vehicle
(398 ft). The rocket has been designed with the goal of being fully reusable to reduce launch costs; it consists of the Super Heavy booster and the Starship
SpaceX_Starship
Proposed family of US super heavy-lift launch vehicles
Space Shuttle External Tank with a pair of standard four-segment Solid Rocket Boosters (SRBs) mounted at the sides as on the Space Shuttle. Up to four
DIRECT & Jupiter Rocket Family
DIRECT_&_Jupiter_Rocket_Family
Family of American solid rocket boosters
UA120 was a family of American solid rocket boosters, manufactured by the Chemical Systems Division of United Aircraft (later United Technologies Corporation)
UA120
American solid rocket booster
The Graphite-Epoxy Motor (GEM) is a family of solid rocket boosters developed in the late 1980s and first flown in 1990. The motors use casings made from
Graphite-Epoxy_Motor
NASA ship
universities. She is usually docked alongside her sister at the Solid Rocket Booster processing facility at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in
MV_Liberty_Star
Japanese solid-fueled launch vehicle
Science. In an attempt to reduce development costs, it used the solid rocket booster from the H-II as the first stage, and the upper stages of the M-3SII
J-I
US medium range surface-to-air missile
(SM-1ER/SM-2ER) is an extended range version of this missile with a solid rocket booster stage. The Standard missile program was started in 1963 to produce
RIM-66_Standard
American super heavy-lift expendable rocket
vehicles, which could include UA120 solid rocket boosters, the Saturn C-5N using a NERVA nuclear thermal rocket third stage, and the Saturn-Shuttle.
Saturn_V
Vehicles that can go to space and return
outer space. Rocket stages are the most common launch vehicle parts aimed for reuse. Smaller parts such as fairings, boosters or rocket engines can also
Reusable_launch_vehicle
Indian expendable medium-lift launch vehicle, developed by ISRO
small solid-fueled jettison motors located in the nose and aft segments of the boosters. The first static fire test of the S200 solid rocket booster, ST-01
LVM3
American rocket
first-stage tanks, higher-performing engines, and the option for strap-on solid rocket boosters. It was designed to launch payloads into low Earth orbit, geosynchronous
Atlas_II
Overview of and topical guide to rocketry
rocket List of V-2 test launches List of V-2 launches in the United States Adapter (rocketry) Booster (rocketry) Liquid rocket booster Solid rocket booster
Outline_of_rocketry
Prototype and design concept demonstrator rocket
Ares I solid rocket booster in a "single stick" arrangement, which is different from the solid rocket booster's then-current "double-booster" configuration
Ares_I-X
Category of space launch vehicle
four or six solid rocket boosters zero solid rocket boosters two solid rocket boosters The lead manufacturer is from France, but the rocket has significant
Medium-lift_launch_vehicle
Ukrainian cruise missile
and an inertial navigation system. Launch is carried out with a solid rocket booster, which is jettisoned before switching to the main propulsion of a
Palianytsia_(missile)
Non-airbreathing engine used to propel a missile or vehicle
efficiency. Rocket propellant is mass that is stored, usually in some form of tank or near the combustion chamber (for solid rocket boosters), prior to
Rocket_engine
Solid-rocket propellant
performance attributes, APCP has been used in the Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Boosters, aircraft ejection seats, and specialty space exploration applications
Ammonium perchlorate composite propellant
Ammonium_perchlorate_composite_propellant
WW2 Japanese rocket artillery
conventional piece of rocket artillery with motor and warhead enclosed within a body both types were detachable solid-propellant boosters that could be attached
Type 10 and Type 3 rocket boosters
Type_10_and_Type_3_rocket_boosters
Effort by SpaceX to make rockets that can fly multiple times
that has seen little use outside of the Space Shuttle's reusable solid rocket boosters. Musk projected in 2015 that the reflight step of the program would
SpaceX reusable launch system development program
SpaceX_reusable_launch_system_development_program
Launch vehicle design
Ares I project, which consisted of a five segment Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster (SRB) and a new cryogenic second stage, Liberty would combine a five-segment
Liberty_(rocket)
Canceled U.S. Air Force human spaceflight program
rocket developed for the MOL never flew, but its UA1207 solid rocket boosters were used on the Titan IV, and the Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster was
Manned_Orbiting_Laboratory
Proposed NASA heavy-lift launch vehicle
strap-on solid rocket boosters, with payloads ranging from 47,000 pounds (21,000 kg) to 146,400 pounds (66,400 kg); and the INT-19, using solid boosters derived
Saturn_II
2002 American crewed spaceflight to the ISS
metal SRB-ET Attach Ring near the bottom of the left Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster. Prior to the next mission (STS-113), an upper-level decision was
STS-112
Variant of the Delta IV space launch vehicle
Vulcan Centaur rocket, which can offer similar heavy-lift capabilities at a lower cost with a single-core and six solid rocket boosters. The vehicle consisted
Delta_IV_Heavy
Topics referred to by the same term
Sulfur-reducing bacteria Service Request Block, in IBM operating systems Solid rocket booster SRb, a subtype of semiregular variable star Swedish Red-and-White
SRB
Most common type of rocket, used to launch satellites
it, usually decreasing in size. In parallel staging schemes solid or liquid rocket boosters are used to assist with launch. These are sometimes referred
Multistage_rocket
Class of Indian partially reusable launch vehicles under development by ISRO
Retrieved 23 September 2024. "India to test world's third largest solid rocket booster". Science and Technology Section. The Hindu News Paper. 7 December
Next Generation Launch Vehicle
Next_Generation_Launch_Vehicle
Failed 1986 American crewed spaceflight
of the explosion. The failure of an O-ring seal on the starboard Solid Rocket Booster (SRB) was determined to have caused the shuttle to break up in flight
STS-51-L
American recovery ship
universities. She was usually docked alongside her sister at the Solid Rocket Booster processing facility at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in
MV_Freedom_Star
tests world's 3rd largest solid booster". dna. Retrieved October 4, 2014. "India to test world's third largest solid rocket booster". Science and Technology
Comparison of orbital rocket engines
Comparison_of_orbital_rocket_engines
Expendable launch system
RL10 engines that burn liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen. Strap-on solid rocket boosters (SRBs) are used in several configurations. Originally equipped with
Atlas_V
Network of American communications satellites
Upper Stage, a two-stage solid rocket booster developed for the shuttle. Other TDRS were launched by Atlas IIa and Atlas V rockets. The most recent generation
Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System
Tracking_and_Data_Relay_Satellite_System
Type of rocket engine which uses liquid fuel stored at very low temperatures
by the Saturn V rocket. Rocket engines burning cryogenic propellants remain in use today on high performance upper stages and boosters. Upper stages are
Cryogenic_rocket_engine
First of new class of GPS satellite, destroyed soon after launch in January 1997
number 2 GEM-40 solid rocket motor, which started to form at T+6 seconds and grew from there. At T+12 seconds, the Solid rocket booster (SRB) casing ruptured
GPS_IIR-1
American sounding rocket
single-stage, liquid-fueled, fin-stabilized rocket, using a solid-propellant rocket motor as a booster. This booster was jettisoned after 2.5 seconds of operation
Aerobee
Aeronautical museum in Pima County, Arizona
and Navigation Simulator) trainer, and a full-size mockup of the Solid Rocket Booster. SR-71 Blackbird Boeing B-17G 44-85828, wearing the livery of 42-31892
Pima_Air_&_Space_Museum
Boeing-Northrop Grumman consortium for Moon rocket construction
System's solid rocket boosters. It will hopefully achieve significant cost savings by shifting procurement of future Space Launch System rockets to a commercial
Deep_Space_Transport_LLC
Ships for retrieving spent rocket boosters
and the MV Freedom Star, that were tasked with retrieving spent Solid Rocket Boosters (SRBs) following the launch of Space Shuttle missions. Although
NASA_recovery_ship
Launch vehicle study
the existing solid rocket boosters, which provided the majority of thrust from liftoff to separation. Once separated, the two winged boosters would perform
Liquid_fly-back_booster
US surface-to-air missile
Test Fires Hypersonic Solid Rocket Motor for the U.S. Navy". www.anduril.com. Retrieved 10 April 2025. "Anduril to Demonstrate Rocket Motors for Navy Standard
RIM-174_Standard_ERAM
Target drone
utilised a Marquardt hybrid rocket-ramjet propulsion system, with a solid rocket booster providing initial thrust, with the rocket's chamber, following burnout
AQM-127_SLAT
Indian long range anti-ship hypersonic missile
seconds. A booster stage and a hypersonic sustainer engine make up the two solid propellant rocket stages of the LRAShM. The mid-body of the rocket has cruciform
LRAShM_(missile)
Short-line railroad at the Kennedy Space Center
to support its operations, particularly solid rocket boosters and chemicals such as helium and oxygen for rocket fuel. In 1963, the Florida East Coast Railway
NASA_Railroad
on 24 July 2025. Retrieved 15 September 2025. "1 killed, 9 hurt as rocket booster ignites". Deseret News. Salt Lake City. 8 September 1990. Archived from
List of spaceflight-related accidents and incidents
List_of_spaceflight-related_accidents_and_incidents
Anti-ship, and air-to-surface missiles
anti-ship missile. The missile is powered by a liquid fuel rocket motor and a solid rocket booster, which is under the airframe at the rear. Along with C-101
FL-7
U.S. Navy surface-to-air missile (1955–1979)
receivers, which functioned as a continuous wave interferometer. A solid rocket booster provided thrust for launch and a Bendix ramjet powered its flight
RIM-8_Talos
1962 American Mach 3+ reconnaissance drone
the D-21 from the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress bomber and adding a solid rocket booster to get it up to speed. The drone was modified by adding attachment
Lockheed_D-21
First crewed launch of the Boeing Starliner
Atlas V's 100th flight. The rocket flew in the N22 configuration, with no payload fairing, two AJ-60A solid rocket boosters, and two RL10A-4-2 engines
Boeing_Crew_Flight_Test
Expendable medium-lift launch vehicle
liquid rocket boosters, which were planned but never developed (always 0). The third digit indicates the number of SRB-A solid rocket boosters (2 or 4)
H-IIA
NASA-led lunar exploration program
Space Launch System's (SLS) core stage, its RS-25 engines, and solid rocket boosters, as well as systems originating from the canceled Constellation
Artemis_program
Solid rocket motor fuel copolymer
solid rocket boosters on the SLS rocket. Stephen D. Heister; William E. Anderson; Timothée L. Pourpoint; R. Joseph Cassady (7 February 2019). Rocket Propulsion
Polybutadiene_acrylonitrile
March 2010. Retrieved 17 August 2013. Booster Systems Engineer (BOOSTER) Monitors main engine and solid rocket booster performance during ascent phase "Space
List of NASA's flight control positions
List_of_NASA's_flight_control_positions
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