payload assist module

noun

a U.S. solid-propellant rocket used to boost a medium-weight spacecraft from a circular low-earth orbit to an elliptical transfer orbit for later insertion into a geosynchronous orbit. Abbreviation: PAM

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Compare inertial upper stage.

Origin:
1980–85

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