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FUSEE SEPARATION ACCELERATRICE [1 record]

Record 1 2021-07-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Launchers (Astronautics)
DEF

An auxiliary rocket which fires in the direction in which the vehicle is pointed, used, for example, in separating two stages of a vehicle.

OBS

In direction of travel, hence rocket increases speed of satellite in order to reach higher orbit.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lanceurs (Astronautique)
DEF

Fusée de séparation de deux étages d'un lanceur, fixée sur l'étage supérieur, dont la poussée est orientée dans le sens du mouvement de ce lanceur.

OBS

fusée de séparation accélératrice : terme et définition publiés au Journal officiel de la République française le 6 juin 2014.

Spanish

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