Solid Rocket Booster

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The Solid Rocket Booster is a large, reusable solid-fuel rocket used to provide the majority of thrust during the initial phase of a space shuttle’s ascent.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf solid-fuel rocket booster
space shuttle component
abbreviation SRB
attachedTo Space Shuttle Orbiter via External Tank
burnTime approximately 124 seconds
componentOf Space Shuttle stack
surface form: Space Shuttle launch stack
contains segments of solid propellant
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
designFeature segment joints with field joints
developedFor NASA Space Shuttle program
surface form: Space Shuttle program
failureCauseInChallenger O-ring failure in field joint
failureInvolvedIn Space Shuttle Challenger disaster
guidance thrust vector control system
ignition simultaneous at liftoff with Space Shuttle Main Engines
influencedDesignOf SLS solid rocket boosters
surface form: Space Launch System solid rocket boosters
isReusable true
laterManufacturer ATK Launch Systems
Northrop Grumman
surface form: Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems
launchPad Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
surface form: Launch Complex 39A

Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B
surface form: Launch Complex 39B
launchSite Kennedy Space Center
manufacturer Morton Thiokol
Thiokol
massContribution major portion of total launch thrust
material steel case
mountedOn sides of the Space Shuttle External Tank
numberPerLaunch 2
operatedBy NASA
postFlightProcessing refurbishment and refilling with propellant
propellantType solid propellant
provides majority of thrust during initial ascent
recoveredBy parachute descent into the ocean
recoveryFeature nose cap with parachute system
separation motors
recoveryMethod ocean splashdown and retrieval by ship
role augment main engine thrust during ascent
safetyImprovement redesigned field joints after Challenger
separatesAt approximately two minutes after liftoff
shutdownCapability no in-flight shutdown
thrustAtLiftoff approximately 12.5 MN each
usedByAgency NASA Space Shuttle program
surface form: NASA Space Shuttle Program
usedFor launch vehicle first-stage thrust
usedFrom 1981
usedInProgram Space Transportation System
usedOn Space Shuttle
usedOnMission STS-1
STS-135
usedUntil 2011

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Space Transportation System component Solid Rocket Booster
Thiokol notableProject Solid Rocket Booster
this entity surface form: Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster program
Morton Thiokol manufacturerOf Solid Rocket Booster
this entity surface form: Space Shuttle solid rocket boosters
Ares I-X test flight relatedTo Solid Rocket Booster
subject surface form: Ares I-X
this entity surface form: Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster
SLS solid rocket boosters derivedFrom Solid Rocket Booster
this entity surface form: Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster