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Words related to payload

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  • cargo bay

    the large central area of the space shuttle orbiter's fuselage in which payloads and their support equipment are carried. Also called payload bay. Compare bay2 (def 2a).

  • fractionation

    the act or process of fractionating.

  • inertial upper stage

    a U.S. two-stage, solid-propellant rocket used to boost a relatively heavy spacecraft from a low earth orbit into a planetary trajectory or an elliptical transfer orbit. Abbreviation: IUS.

  • mission specialist

    the crew member of a space shuttle who is assigned primary responsibility for carrying out operations related to the payload of the shuttle.

  • nose cone

    the cone-shaped forward section of a rocket or guided missile, including a heat shield and containing the payload.

  • payload assist module

    a U.S. solid-propellant rocket used to boost a medium-weight spacecraft from a circular low-earth orbit to an elliptical transfer orbit for later insertion into a geosynchronous orbit. Abbreviation: PAM.
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