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Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster
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Solid propellant rocket used by the Space Shuttle
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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. A pair of them provided 85% of the Space Shuttle's thrust at liftoff and for the first two minutes of ascent. After burnout, they were jettisoned, and parachuted into the Atlantic Ocean,...

Instance of
rocket model
Subclass of
Solid rocket booster
Part of
Space Shuttle
Manufacturer
Alliant Techsystems
Thiokol
Country of origin
United States
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