Engineering:Adapter (rocketry)

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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.

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