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FIRING COST [2 records]

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Record 1 2010-03-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Spacecraft
  • Launchers (Astronautics)
  • Missiles and Rockets
DEF

Specifically, the act of firing a stage of a rocket after a previous powered flight and a cost phase in a parking orbit.

PHR

Restart sequence.

Key term(s)
  • re-start

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engins spatiaux
  • Lanceurs (Astronautique)
  • Missiles et roquettes
CONT

Après une phase de vol balistique et avant le rallumage du moteur de fusée, il est nécessaire de tasser et conditionner les ergols contenus dans les réservoirs.

PHR

Séquence de rallumage.

Spanish

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Record 2 2002-12-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Tactics
CONT

The Russian concept of a fire sac differs from the US concept. The Russian fire sac is an internal position within a main defensive position designed to be entered by the enemy at cost. The fire sac is lined with obstacles and ringed with firing positions. The enemy is drawn into this sac and then destroyed by fire and counterattack.

CONT

The sectors between platoons became fire sacs, large enough for one to one and a half enemy companies ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tactique militaire

Spanish

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