For the stack separator variant, see Separator
The Side Separator or Booster Separator is a part mainly used to detach boosters from rocket stages during flight. They are attached when building the rocket in the Build Editor.
They are recommended over rotated separators as side separators are lighter and more aerodynamic. Unlike regular separators, which look circular, side separators appear as two dark rectangular objects and separate in the middle. Each half will remain on the surface it's connected to, the halves has the same weight before decoupling and it slightly affects aerodynamics.
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- Stage separators can be used in the same way as side separators, but without leaving anything behind.
- Side separators can function as projectile weapons as their halves separate with great speed and force.
- These parts can even make force out of them just to launch a rocket. Many side separators with twice their separation force can launch a rocket possibly to orbit without engines. This is the only way to do rocket launches without any engines bug-free. The other one being the magnetic force of docking ports.
- Before 1.2, the side separator had a texture on which both halves were directly connected to each other instead of being connected by two small objects.
