apogee-kick motor

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• Apogee Kick Motor —    A ships engine that fires at the apogee of an oval transfer orbit to change it into a circular geostationary orbit. See Transfer Orbit …   The writer's dictionary of science fiction, fantasy, horror and mythology

• Waxwing (Rocket motor) — Waxwing was a British solid rocket motor used for apogee kick as the 3rd (upper) stage of the Black Arrow satellite launch vehicles.Waxwing was used to successfully place the Prospero X 3 satellite into low Earth orbit on 28 October 1971, Britain …   Wikipedia

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• STAR Bus — is a satellite platform manufactured by Orbital Sciences Corporation with an apogee kick motor to place a communications satellite into geostationary orbit, a thruster to provide the satellite with orbital station keeping for a 15 year mission,… …   Wikipedia

• Transfer Orbit —    An oval shaped orbit created when a ship changes from one nearly circular orbit to another nearly circular orbit. See Apogee Kick Motor …   The writer's dictionary of science fiction, fantasy, horror and mythology

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