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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. -
apsidal motion
the rotation of the major axis of an eccentric orbit in the plane of the orbit. -
atlas
An atlas is a book of maps. -
element
A part or aspect of something abstract, especially one that is essential or characteristic. -
exorbitant
(of a price or amount charged) unreasonably high. -
geostationary
of or relating to a satellite traveling in an orbit 22,300 miles (35,900 km) above the earth's equator: at this altitude, the satellite's period of rotation, 24 hours, matches the earth's and the satellite always remains in the same spot over the earth: geostationary orbit.