booster rocket

• Motor de cohete, de combustible sólido o líquido, que se utiliza para proporcionar empuje adicional durante la fase inicial del lanzamiento de una nave espacial o vehículo de lanzamiento, y que a menudo se desprende tras agotar su combustible.

A rocket engine, either solid or liquid-fueled, used to provide additional thrust during the initial phase of a spacecraft or missile launch, often jettisoned after burnout.

1. Rocket propulsion stageC1formal

   A rocket engine or set of engines used to provide additional thrust during the initial phase of a spacecraft's launch.

   cohete acelerador

   • The space shuttle used two solid rocket boosters to lift off.
   • The booster rocket separated from the main spacecraft after burning out.
   • Engineers are designing a new reusable booster rocket for future missions.