Space Shuttle RSRM (Thiokol)
Easily the most monstrous piece of hardware we have on this site, each Shuttle
solid rocket booster puts out thrust equivalent to TWO Apollo F-1 engines.
And there are two on each STS. Combine this with the three Shuttle main engines and a Shuttle at liftoff
has as much thrust as a Saturn 5.
Specification | |
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Sea level thrust | 3,300,000 lb |
Weight | 1,300,000 lb |
Mass Fraction | 0.85 |
Propellant | ammonium perchlorate/aluminum |
Burn time | 75 s |
Expansion Ratio | 11.3 |

