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main stage [′mān ′stāj]

(aerospace engineering)

In a multistage rocket, the stage that develops the greatest amount of the thrust, with or without booster engines.

In a single-stage rocket vehicle powered by one or more engines, the period when full thrust (at or above 90%) is attained.

A sustainer engine, considered as a stage after booster engines have fallen away.

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