| 释义 |
transtage Astronaut.|ˈtrɑːnsteɪdʒ, ˈtræn-, -nz-|
[f. trans- + stage n.]
A final stage of a multistage rocket that can be restarted in order to change the flight path or orbit.
1965Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Va.) 6 May 20 After one 90-minute circuit of the globe in the initial orbit, the transtage was to re-start its engines and swing into an elliptical path. 1975Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 21 May 1/7 Air force officials said the ‘transtage’ of the Titan III-C rocket and the two 1,200-pound satellites connected to it began rolling and tumbling out of control. |