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32: 686: 317:. The TR-201 engine is the Descent Propulsion System modified to be a fixed thrust engine. The Descent Propulsion System was first fired in flight during the 42: 452: 723: 544: 57: 379: 500: 409: 100: 72: 445: 716: 383: 314: 79: 747: 605: 549: 742: 490: 86: 645: 600: 585: 580: 485: 438: 275:, developed by McDonnell Douglas and TRW, first used on November 10, 1972 as the second stage for the 709: 660: 635: 523: 296: 68: 630: 575: 554: 515: 480: 310: 495: 287:
flights for 17 years, with its last usage on February 8, 1988. It is propelled by a single TRW
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As the supply of these surplus Apollo engines was depleted, the Douglas/Aerojet
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program. The Delta-K was then exclusively used on the second stage for the
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series. It continued to serve as the second stage for subsequent
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For the mathematical term symbolizing a change in pressure, see
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