service module

serv·ice mod·ule

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Definitions of service module words

noun service module (often initial capital letters) U.S. Aerospace. the section of an Apollo spacecraft containing the principal propulsion system, electrical system, water, and other supplies. 1
noun service module a section of an Apollo spacecraft housing the rocket engine, radar, fuel cells, etc, and jettisoned on re-entry into the earth's atmosphere 0
noun service module a component of certain spacecraft that contains various support systems and its own rocket engine: it is separated from the command module before reentry 0

before 1960

One of the 3% newest English words

First recorded in 1960-65

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