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Meanings of space tug in English

Russian
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Portuguese
rebocador espacial
Catalan
remolcador espacial
Spanish
remolcador espacial

Spacecraft vehicle designed to move the payload from a reference orbit to the target orbit, or direct it to an interplanetary trajectory.

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Examples for "upper stage"
Examples for "upper stage"
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RL10 engines burn liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen to power the upper stage.
Wired
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If only the Voivode should be on the upper stage, all would be well.
The Lady of the Shroud
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Of these magistrates of this upper stage consists the signory.
The Commonwealth of Oceana
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The Delta IV, although larger and more mature, would also need a new upper stage.
Wired
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NASA declared success three and a half hours after lift-off, following separation from the upper stage.
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Usage of space tug in English
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A yellow-and-green-striped space tug drifted alongside and flashed its 'Follow Me' signal.
The Universe — or Nothing
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One screen of missiles hurtled on before the space tug, and another behind.
Space Tug
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In minutes, the space tug had a line made fast.
Space Tug
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Then the space tug came cautiously close to the Moonship.
Space Tug
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The space tug settled a little and leaned a little.
Space Tug
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He shifted a control, and the space tug swayed.
Space Tug
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Joe and his crew relaxed in the space tug.
Space Tug
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A space tug hauling a tow to the Platform!
Space Tug
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The space tug came out of the lock.
Space Tug
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As the space tug skimmed past, its path would be curved by the pull of gravity.
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The space tug returned to the Platform.
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The space tug could take rockets from its cargo and set them outside its hull for firing.
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He drove them into the space tug.
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Joe and his crew in the space tug hauled the Moonship a good five miles from the Platform.
Space Tug
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There was the seeming of a vast sack of pure blackness before the nose of the space tug.
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The Platform and of course the space tug was now on the reverse side of the Platform's orbit.
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