stage (noun) — sense 2

One of the portions of a device (such as a rocket or thermonuclear weapon) which are used or activated in a particular order, one after another.

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Example
The first stage of the launcher burned out and separated after successfully boosting the payload onto a suborbital trajectory, but the engine of the upper stage failed to ignite to place the satellite into orbit.
Order number
2
Part of speech
noun

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