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
What Really Happened to the Class of '65? What Really Happened to the Class of '65? What Really Happened to the Class of '65? is a 1976 non-fiction book by Michael Medved and David Wallechinsky. Inspired by a 1965 "Time" magazine article, the authors follow up on the people of Palisades High School mentioned in the article, and the book mainly consists of that follow-up. There was at least one sequel, continuing the story from the point of view of a decade or more later. The book was later adapted into an anthology television series of the same name that aired on NBC from December 1977 to July