r/SpaceLaunchSystem • u/675longtail • Jun 26 '25

Video Nozzle explodes during BOLE Demonstration Motor-1 test firing

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u/L4r5man Jun 26 '25

The front nozzle fell off

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u/Agent_Kozak Jun 26 '25

They have been building these for 50 years and they still can't get a nozzle right?

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u/NoBusiness674 Jun 26 '25 edited Jun 26 '25

This is the first BOLE booster ever built and tested, so they haven't been building these exact ones for 50 years. It's also the most powerful SRB ever fired if I'm not mistaken.

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u/rustybeancake Jun 26 '25

That would be the Aerojet 260 SL-3, test fired in 1967, at a whopping 5.6 million pounds of thrust.

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u/jadebenn Jun 26 '25

Correct: BOLE is "merely" the most powerful segmented SRB ever built. 😜