Hot-stage
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Hot-stage is a verb meaning (intransitive) To light the engine(s) of a rocket stage while still attached to the stage beneath it.
Meaning
(intransitive) To light the engine(s) of a rocket stage while still attached to the stage beneath it.
Example Sentences
The Proton's second stage avoids ullage issues by hot-staging, allowing the engines to ignite while still being pushed by the first stage, but this necessitates the use of a special open trusswork in the interstage area to prevent the superheated second-stage exhaust from blowing up the rocket.
Word Forms
- hot-stages
- hot-staging
- hot-staged
Related Words
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