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. 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.. https://archive.org/details/officialgazette644unit.
↑ Wiley J. Larson; Linda K. Pranke (1999). Human Spaceflight: Mission Analysis and Design. McGraw-Hill. ISBN 978-0-07-236811-6. https://books.google.com/books?id=3JlTAAAAMAAJ.

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[Office1952-1] United States. Patent Office (December 1952). Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office. U.S. Patent Office.. https://archive.org/details/officialgazette644unit.

[LarsonPranke1999-2] Wiley J. Larson; Linda K. Pranke (1999). Human Spaceflight: Mission Analysis and Design. McGraw-Hill. ISBN 978-0-07-236811-6. https://books.google.com/books?id=3JlTAAAAMAAJ.