Thesaurus / apogee
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As it falls from apogee, Unity uses a unique shuttlecock-like action to flip, on re-entry, from high speed flight to glide back to a landing.
RICHARD BRANSON'S BIG SPACE D*CK CONTEST WITH BEZOS IS RECKLESS—AND POTENTIALLY DEADLYCLIVE IRVINGJULY 2, 2021THE DAILY BEASTVital questions remain about whether the rocket engine can deliver enough power for the craft to reach apogee when fully loaded.
RICHARD BRANSON'S BIG SPACE D*CK CONTEST WITH BEZOS IS RECKLESS—AND POTENTIALLY DEADLYCLIVE IRVINGJULY 2, 2021THE DAILY BEASTCongress must act swiftly to pass the Judiciary Act of 2021, the only way to effectively expand the court and restore balance and trust to the apogee of our democracy.
OPINION | STOLEN SUPREME COURT IS AN ACCOMPLICE TO CRIMES AGAINST EQUALITYAARON BELKINJULY 1, 2021WASHINGTON BLADEThe liquid apogee engine acts as a “cone to capture” to help guide the probe which once it passes through the throat of the engine, expands to capture the client satellite.
ANOTHER MILESTONE FOR IN-SPACE SERVICING AS NORTHROP GRUMMAN GIVES AGING SATELLITE NEW LIFEDEVIN COLDEWEYAPRIL 12, 2021TECHCRUNCHA Vostok-K rocket sent the capsule, carrying Yuri Gagarin, into low orbit with an apogee of 327 km.
SIX DECADES AFTER GAGARIN, NOSTALGIA—AND NOT MUCH ELSE—FUELS RUSSIA IN SPACEERIC BERGERAPRIL 12, 2021ARS TECHNICAWhen the apogee of society is reached, attacks from pygmies seem more curious than offensive.
THE FOURTH ESTATE, VOL. 2ARMANDO PALACIO VALDSHatfield village touches the extremity of wretchedness, just as Hatfield House marks the apogee of late feudal splendour.
THE GREAT NORTH ROAD: LONDON TO YORKCHARLES G. HARPERThe apogee of the Company had been reached: from this time its downfall was rapid.
THE HISTORY OF GAMBLING IN ENGLANDJOHN ASHTONThe first renaissance obtained its apogee toward the year 1500.
CATHOLIC WORLD, VOL. XIII, APRIL TO SEPTEMBER, 1871VARIOUSThis incident of the fan marked the apogee of the first stage of Nort's career in the office of the Star.
HEMPFIELDDAVID GRAYSONWORDS RELATED TO APOGEE
- acmes
- acuteness
- adversities
- apices
- apogees
- borders
- boundaries
- bounds
- brims
- brinks
- butts
- climaxes
- consummations
- crises
- depths
- dire straits
- disasters
- edges
- ends
- excesses
- extremes
- extremes
- frontiers
- heights
- lasts
- margins
- maximums
- nadirs
- outsides
- pinnacles
- plights
- poles
- remotes
- rims
- setbacks
- terminals
- terminations
- termini
- tips
- tops
- troubles
- verges
- vertexes
- zeniths
- acme
- acuteness
- adversity
- apex
- apogee
- border
- bound
- boundary
- brim
- brink
- butt
- climax
- consummation
- crisis
- depth
- dire straits
- disaster
- edge
- end
- excess
- extreme
- extremes
- frontier
- height
- last
- margin
- maximum
- nadir
- outside
- pinnacle
- plight
- pole
- remote
- rim
- setback
- terminal
- termination
- terminus
- tip
- top
- trouble
- verge
- vertex
- zenith
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