sustainer engine

  • 1sustainer — /səˈsteɪnə/ (say suh staynuh) noun an engine that maintains the velocity of a rocket vehicle, once it has achieved its programmed velocity through the use of a booster engine …

  • 2sustainer — /seuh stay neuhr/, n. 1. a person or thing that sustains. 2. Rocketry. a. any stage of a multistage rocket or guided missile that sustains flight after the burnout of the booster. b. the rocket engine or cluster of engines contained in such a… …

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  • 3SECO — Sustainer Engine Cutoff (Governmental » NASA) …

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  • 4Motor glider — DG 808B 18m self launching See also: glider (sailplane) A motor glider is a fixed wing aircraft that can be flown with or without engine power. The FAI Gliding Commission Sporting Code definition is: A fixed wing aerodyne equipped with a means of …

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  • 5SM-65 Atlas — Main article: Atlas (rocket family) B 65/SM 65/CGM 16/HGM 16 Atlas Launch of an SM 65A Atlas from LC 12, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, 20 February 1958 Type …

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  • 6Rolladen-Schneider LS8 — NOTOC The Rolladen Schneider LS8 is a Standard and 18 metre class single seat glider developed by Rolladen Schneider and in series production since 1995. Currently it is manufactured by DG Flugzeugbau.DevelopmentBy the mid to–late eighties the… …

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  • 7SS.11 — at the US Army Redstone testing ground Type MCLOS wire guided anti tank missile Place of origi …

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  • 8Mercury-Atlas 6 — For the Looking Glass airplane, see E 6 Mercury. Mercury Atlas 6 Mission insignia Mission statistics Mission name Mercury Atlas 6 Spacecraft name Friendship 7 …

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  • 9Penguin (missile) — Infobox Weapon is missile=yes name=Penguin caption= origin= type=littoral anti ship missile used by= manufacturer=Kongsberg Defence Aerospace unit cost= propellant= production date= service=1972 engine=Solid propellant sustainer engine power=… …

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  • 10Burt Rutan — Infobox Person name = Burt Rutan image size = 170px caption = (Photo: Wirral Rocketry Society) birth date = birth date and age|1943|06|17 birth place = Estacada, OR, United States death date = death place = occupation = aerospace engineer spouse …

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