apogee kick motor

An apogee kick motor (AKM) is a rocket motor that is regularly employed on artificial satellites to provide the final impulse to change the trajectory from the transfer orbit into its final orbit. For a satellite launched from the Earth, the rocket firing is done at the highest point of the transfer orbit, known as the apogee.

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AKM; apogee boost motor; apogee kick stage
kick motor, 
Reman, FG-36, X-258, Waxwing, Ekran, Dong Fang Hong 2, Tarshish, Sweden, Sikh Confederacy, Ashkenaz, Persia, Kingdom of Wolaita, Kingdom of Martabam-hongsawatoi, Havilah, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Chinland, Calvinist Republic of Ghent, 

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  FG-36 ⓘ
  Chinese rocket engine

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  Payload Assist Module ⓘ
  single-stage solid-fueled booster stage

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  Photon ⓘ
  family of satellite buses and kick stages by Rocket Lab

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  STAR ⓘ
  family of American rocket stages developed by Thiokol

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  Waxwing ⓘ
  rocket motor

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  X-258 ⓘ
  American solid-propellant rocket engine

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
class	rocket engine		FG-36	apogee kick motor,	Wikidata
class	rocket engine		Payload Assist Module	apogee kick motor, space tug,	Wikidata
class	rocket engine		Photon	apogee kick motor, spacecraft bus,	Wikidata
class	rocket engine		STAR	apogee kick motor, solid-propellant rocket, space tug,	Wikidata
class	rocket engine		Waxwing	apogee kick motor,	Wikidata
class	rocket engine		X-258	apogee kick motor,	Wikidata