Beyond the nuclearrocket designs, the United States also launched a small nuclearreactor, SNAP10a, into space that generated electricity.
除了核能火箭设计之外，美国也向太空发射了一个小型核反应堆SNAP10a，并产生了电能。
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Then, once the vehicle had ascended to high-Earth orbit, above about 800 kilometers, the nuclearreactor module would detach from the chemical rocket and start up.