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Record 1 2007-03-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weapon Systems
  • Spacecraft
  • Launchers (Astronautics)
CONT

Conventional space launchers are "multi-stage" : that is, the launcher is not a single rocket but is actually a "stack" of two or three rockets or "stages" that contain their own propellants and have their own engines. The first stage lifts the vehicle from the ground and accelerates it for the first part of its ascent. When its propellants are all consumed, the first stage is discarded(jettisoned) and the next stage fires to accelerate the vehicle further. The second stage is discarded when it, too, is spent in a three staged vehicle. Additional boosters are sometimes "strapped on" to the vehicle to supplement the main engines, and these are also jettisoned when exhausted.

PHR

Multi-stage space launch vehicle.

Key term(s)
  • multi stage

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes d'armes
  • Engins spatiaux
  • Lanceurs (Astronautique)
DEF

Se dit d'un véhicule aérospatial à plusieurs étages.

Key term(s)
  • multiétage
  • multi-étage

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistemas de armas
  • Naves espaciales
  • Lanzadores (Astronáutica)
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Record 2 2007-02-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Launching and Space Maneuvering
CONT

"The velocity at the main stage cut-off"CFP151. 04(3).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lancement et manœuvres dans l'espace
OBS

ibid trajectoires 106hp.29.05.74

Spanish

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Record 3 1998-12-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Silviculture
DEF

The stage at which a tree, crop or stand best fulfils the(main) purpose for which it was maintained, e. g. produces the best possible supply of specified products or earns a specified rate of interest...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sylviculture
DEF

État dans lequel se trouvent les arbres au moment où on peut retirer de leur exploitation les plus grands avantages.

Spanish

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