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
Word of the year (Norway) to marches held in Oslo and other places in Norway following the 2011 terror attacks. Other notable words of the year also related to the terror attacks: "kontrajihadisme" () and "ytringsansvar" (). Other notable words of the year were "gjeldskrise" () and "eurokrise" () referring to the situation in Europe, while "smørkrise" () referred to the Norwegian butter crisis at the end of the year. "Jasminrevolusjon" () also received mention. "Nave" (verb) (and the noun "naving") was named word of the year. The word refers to living on some kind of pension or welfare from the Norwegian Labour and Welfare