Agena
a u.s. upper stage, with a restartable liquid-propellant engine, used with various booster stages to launch satellites into orbit around the earth and send probes to the moon and planets: also used as a docking target in the gemini program.
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an . something that is to be done. an item on an agenda. a list, plan, outline, or the like, of things to be done, matters to be acted or voted upon, etc.: the chairman says we have a lengthy agenda this afternoon. noun (functioning as sing) also called agendum. a schedule or list of […]