Europe's solid biggest boosters

1995-06-14T00:00:00

Ten times larger than anything previously built in Europe, the Ariane 5's solid-booster motors each develop 6,367kN (1.44 million lb) of thrust, slightly more than half the thrust of the Shuttle solid boosters, and about the same as the Titan 4. The six test firings to date at Kourou have ...

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