Spacecraft
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Hypergolic propellant
Two fluids that ignite on contact.
Common in upper stages and spacecraft attitude control.
Related terms
- Starlink — SpaceX's low-orbit communications constellation, thousands strong.
- Satellite — Anything, natural or artificial, orbiting a body.
- Payload — Whatever a rocket carries: a satellite, a crew vehicle, an experiment.
- Payload fairing — The nose shell protecting the payload, jettisoned above the atmosphere.