Start Date
4-1980 8:00 AM
Description
Two Solid Rocket Boosters provide the primary first stage thrust for the Space Shuttle. These Boosters, the largest and most powerful solid rocket vehicles to meet established manrated design criteria, are unique in that they are also designed to be recovered, refurbished, and reused.
The first SRB f s have been stacked on the Mobile Launch Platform at the Kennedy Space Center and are ready to be mated with the External Tank and Orbiter in preparation for the first Shuttle flight.
This readiness is built upon a design within the state-of-the-art and, to the maximum extent practicable, within the state-ofexperience. Component qualification, subsystem verification, system checkout, and recovery tests are essentially complete and provide the basis for certifying the Solid Rocket Boosters for manned flight.
Status of The Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster
Two Solid Rocket Boosters provide the primary first stage thrust for the Space Shuttle. These Boosters, the largest and most powerful solid rocket vehicles to meet established manrated design criteria, are unique in that they are also designed to be recovered, refurbished, and reused.
The first SRB f s have been stacked on the Mobile Launch Platform at the Kennedy Space Center and are ready to be mated with the External Tank and Orbiter in preparation for the first Shuttle flight.
This readiness is built upon a design within the state-of-the-art and, to the maximum extent practicable, within the state-ofexperience. Component qualification, subsystem verification, system checkout, and recovery tests are essentially complete and provide the basis for certifying the Solid Rocket Boosters for manned flight.
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