Apogee kick motor 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 of the transfer orbit, known as the apogee, thus giving the engine its name. An apogee kick motor is used, for example, for satellites launched into a geostationary orbit. As the vast majority of geostationary satellite launches are carried out from spaceports at a
Apogee (Pete Christlieb and Warne Marsh album) Apogee (Pete Christlieb and Warne Marsh album) Apogee, is an album by saxophonists Pete Christlieb and Warne Marsh recorded in 1978 and released on the Warner Bros. label. "The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide" states ""Apogee" is an unadulterated burner, guaranteed to work for tenor freaks" The Allmusic review noted ""Apogee" is an anomaly in many ways. First, it is a Southern California answer to the great titan tenor battle records of the '40s and '50s. Rather than sounding like a cutting contest, it sounds like a gorgeous exercise in swinging harmony and melodic improvisation by two compadres. ... the