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1972年,欧洲空间研究协会(后合并成欧洲空间局)开始研制固体火箭发动机,1977年和1978年发射的欧洲科学卫星(Geos—1和—2)首次采用了固体远地点发动机。该发动机由意大利斯尼亚(SNIA—BPD)公司研制,丁羧推进剂,常规的径向燃烧药柱设计。由于它性能卓越,1974年又开始研制一种更大的固体发动机,定名为马奇(MAGE),意图是让欧洲同步卫星使用自己的固体远地点发动机。
In 1972, the European Association for Space Research (later merged into the European Space Agency) began the development of a solid rocket engine and the first of its kind was a solid apogee engine for the European scientific satellites (Geos-1 and -2) launched in 1977 and 1978. The engine was developed by SNIA-BPD in Italy and was designed for use with Dingcarboxylate propellants and conventional radial combustion pellets. Because of its performance, 1974, a further development of a larger solid engine, called MAGE, was started with the intention of having European geostationary satellites use their own solid apogee engines.