Apogee kick motor possible. The mass of most geostationary satellites at the beginning of its operational life in geostationary orbit is roughly half that when it separated from its vehicle in geostationary transfer orbit, with the other half having been fuel expended in the apogee kick maneuver. Apogee kick motor An apogee kick motor (AKM) refers to a rocket motor that is regularly employed on artificial satellites to provide the final impulse to change the trajectory from the transfer orbit into its final (most commonly circular) orbit. For a satellite launched from the Earth, the rocket firing is done at the highest point
The Tipping Point (The Outer Limits) The Tipping Point (The Outer Limits) "The Tipping Point" is an episode of "The Outer Limits" television show. It first aired on September 15, 2001, during the seventh season. A computer programmer must destroy a deadly artificial intelligence and avert a technological singularity. A woman, Megan, brings her hacker boyfriend, Zach (who had formerly hacked into the Pentagon), into a high-tech company. Programmers there begin dying off as he, only able to see his own small part of the puzzle, tries to figure out what exactly he's programming. Clues start showing up, including glasses that can see some sort of