Adapter (rocketry)

In rocketry, an adapter is a hollow cylindrical[1] or conical segment[2] between rocket stages or between the top rocket stage and the shroud that houses a spacecraft. They transfer the thrust from the lowest stage and are discarded during staging. It actually link between the first stage of the rocket and the second stage of the rocket.

This usage, which may appear over-elaborate in that such adapters are inert structural elements rather than dynamic converters of signals or electrical power, actually derives from French.

References

United States. Patent Office (December 1952). Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office. U.S. Patent Office.
Wiley J. Larson; Linda K. Pranke (1999). Human Spaceflight: Mission Analysis and Design. McGraw-Hill. ISBN 978-0-07-236811-6.

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[Office1952-1] United States. Patent Office (December 1952). Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office. U.S. Patent Office.

[LarsonPranke1999-2] Wiley J. Larson; Linda K. Pranke (1999). Human Spaceflight: Mission Analysis and Design. McGraw-Hill. ISBN 978-0-07-236811-6.