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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Wikidata
AKM; apogee boost motor; apogee kick stage
kick motor, 
kick motor, Payload Assist Module, Photon, STAR, Waxwing, X-258, FG-36, 

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

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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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  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	class		Photon	apogee kick motor, spacecraft bus	Wikidata
class	rocket engine		FG-36	apogee kick motor	Wikidata
class	rocket engine		Payload Assist Module	space tug, apogee kick motor	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