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By contrast, congressional leaders want to leverage earlier NASA investments—and reduce job losses in many districts—by relying on solid-propellant boosters derived from the vintage shuttle fleet.

One Last Spin Around the Planet Arian Campo-Flores 2011

A three-stage version of the solid-propellant Sajjil capable of delivering a one-tonne warhead 3,700km similarly is at least four or five years away from possible deployment.

Long-range Iranian missiles still a decade away 2010

The hearing started with lawmakers voicing complaints that NASA was trying to circumvent or delay complying with some congressionally mandated priorities, including developing new heavy-lift launchers derived from solid-propellant technology used on the retiring fleet of space shuttles.

Senators Say NASA Isn Andy Pasztor 2010

The magnitude of the Safir launch becomes more apparent when we consider it alongside the much less advertised launch of the Sajeel two-stage solid-propellant ballistic missile that preceded it in November 2008.

More on Iran's Satellite... GayandRight 2009

The magnitude of the Safir launch becomes more apparent when we consider it alongside the much less advertised launch of the Sajeel two-stage solid-propellant ballistic missile that preceded it in November 2008.

Yes, We Should Worry About Iran's Satellite Uzi Rubin 2009

Launched vertically from trucks, the solid-propellant P12 can carry a 450-kilogram cluster or high-explosive warhead up to 150 kilometers, company officials said.

Satellites and Missile Accuracy Michael Turton 2007

We have confirmed that Iraq had new work under way on prohibited solid-propellant missiles that were also concealed from the United Nations.

CNN Transcript Feb 5, 2004 2004

The test of the solid-propellant motor lasted 40 seconds and was staged in a test cell that simulates high-altitude conditions.

Strategic Air Command: People Aircraft and Missiles 2nd Edition Polmar, Norman & Laur, Timothy 1990

Synthetic rubber-based solid-propellants with aluminum and oxidizer additives fuel the first two stages; the third stage solid-propellant is a synthetic polymer plastic-based fuel with the same additives.

Strategic Air Command: People Aircraft and Missiles 2nd Edition Polmar, Norman & Laur, Timothy 1990

Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara assigned all weapons with a range of more than 200 miles to the Air Force, and the Navy subsequently abandoned Jupiter in favor of the solid-propellant Polaris missile.

Strategic Air Command: People Aircraft and Missiles 2nd Edition Polmar, Norman & Laur, Timothy 1990