Sustainer engine

A sustainer engine is a rocket engine which remains with a spacecraft during its ascent after booster engines have separated from the spacecraft.

Engines that remain on a rocket after rocket booster separation

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A sustainer engine is a rocket engine which remains with a spacecraft during its ascent after booster engines have separated from the spacecraft.^[1]

See also

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• Multistage rocket

References

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1. ^ "Rocket Staging".

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