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Record 1 2020-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Spacecraft
DEF

A launch vehicle that uses two or more rocket stages, each of which contains its own engines and propellant.

CONT

Even if [the company] could get the technology working, so the X-33 was fully reusable, its ability to carry a payload would have been dramatically lower than a traditional multi-staged rocket.

Key term(s)
  • multistage rocket
  • multistaged rocket
  • multistep rocket

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engins spatiaux
CONT

L'effet Oberth est aussi à la base du comportement des fusées à étages multiples, dont le dernier étage peut produire bien davantage d'énergie cinétique que la somme de l'énergie potentielle chimique des propergols qu'elle emporte.

Spanish

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