transtagen.
/ˈtrɑːnsteɪdʒ//ˈtransteɪdʒ/ Astronautics.
A final stage of a multistage rocket that can be restarted in order to change the flight path or orbit.
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1965 Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Va.) 6 May 20 After one 90-minute circuit of the globe in the initial orbit, the transtage was to re-start its engines and swing into an elliptical path.
1975 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 21 May 1/7 Air force officials said the ‘transtage’ of the Titan III-C rocket and the two 1,200-pound satellites connected to it began rolling and tumbling out of control.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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