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 organization, company, or bureau that provides some service for another: a welfare agency. a company having a franchise to represent another. a governmental bureau, or an office that represents it. the place of business of an . . an administrative division of a government. the duty or function of an . the relationship between […]
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