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booster engine

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Kosmoseteaduse ja -tehnoloogia terminibaas

ID 575899 Last modified 04.11.2025
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Domain spacecraft & rockets
  • suure veojõuga, lühikest aega toimiv ballistilise raketi abimootor, mida kasutatakse startimisel
  • rocket motor used to impart very large thrust for a short period of time during the early stages of a launch and the initial acceleration of a missile or other vehicle
stardikiirendi
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  • Võimsama ülemise astme paigaldamise asemel kinnitati Thori esimese astme külge tahkekütus-stardikiirendi.
booster
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  • The SLS booster is the largest, most powerful solid propellant booster ever built for flight.
booster engine
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  • NK-33 is a 350-klbf-class LOX-kerosene oxygen-rich staged combustion cycle engine with one of the highest T/W of any booster engine.
booster rocket
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  • The launch of the Galileo, Ulysses and Cassini space probes had many features in common. Each was launched from a large booster rocket sent off from Cape Canaveral in Florida. The rocket was sent out over the sea and when the booster rocket fell away after about 25 s it was already many miles over the ocean.

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