Proven Propulsion: The Science of Solid Rocket Motors

Aerojet Rocketdyne's solid rocket motors incorporate advanced technologies and materials to provide proven propulsion to customers. To understand why these solid rocket motors are so effective, it's important to explore the science behind this key propulsion.

Solid rocket motors use a solid propellant that contains both fuel and oxidizer, which allows these motors to operate across domains - air, sea, land and space. During manufacture, the solid propellant is baked to a pencil-eraser consistency. Once ignited, it produces high temperature combustion gases to generate thrust to power a missile or a rocket. Aerojet Rocketdyne solid rocket motors support a range of defense programs such as hypersonic systems, THAAD and GMLRS.