#Spaceflight: Amazon chooses boosters. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

Apr 06, 2022, 11:56 PM

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Photo:  A booster rocket (or engine) is either the first stage of a multistage launch vehicle, or else a shorter-burning rocket used in parallel with longer-burning sustainer rockets to augment the space vehicle's takeoff thrust and payload capability.  Here: A GEM-40 strap-on booster for a Delta II launch vehicle.

#Spaceflight: Amazon chooses boosters. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com


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