Booster Rocket

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Booster Rocket

1. A rocket motor, either solid or liquid, that assists the normal propulsive system or sustainer engine of a rocket or aeronautical vehicle in some phase of its flight.
2. A rocket used to set a vehicle in motion before another engine takes over.
In sense 2 the term launch vehicle is preferred.

References

This article is based on NASA's Dictionary of Technical Terms for Aerospace Use