The Payload Assist Module, or PAM, was a modular solid-fuelled upper stage designed and built by McDonnell Douglas using Thiokol Star series rocket motors. It was used with the Space Shuttle, Delta and Titan launchers to carry satellites from low Earth orbit to a geostationary transfer orbit or onto an interplanetary course, with the payload spin stabilised on a rotating plate. Versions included the Atlas class PAM-A, whose development was terminated, the Delta class PAM-D and PAM-DII, and the PAM-S, which served as the kick motor for the Ulysses space probe. A PAM-D was an optional third stage of the classic Delta rocket and was discontinued after the Challenger accident.
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The Payload Assist Module (PAM) is a modular upper stage designed and built by McDonnell Douglas (Boeing), using Thiokol Star-series solid propellant rocket motors.
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The payload assist modules are designed and built by McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Co., Huntington Beach, Calif.
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The Payload Assist Module (PAM) is a modular upper stage designed and built by McDonnell Douglas (Boeing), using Thiokol Star-series solid propellant rocket motors.
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The Payload Assist Module (PAM) is a modular upper stage designed and built by McDonnell Douglas (Boeing), using Thiokol Star-series solid propellant rocket motors.
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The Payload Assist Module (PAM) is a modular upper stage designed and built by McDonnell Douglas (Boeing), using Thiokol Star-series solid propellant rocket motors.
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The PAM-D was discontinued after the Challenger accident.
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The Payload Assist Module (PAM) is a modular upper stage designed and built by McDonnell Douglas (Boeing), using Thiokol Star-series solid propellant rocket motors.
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