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. Abbr.: PAM Cf. inertial upper stage .
[ 1980-85 ]
PAYLOAD ASSIST MODULE
Meaning of PAYLOAD ASSIST MODULE in English
Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012