aerocapture
aerocapture · aerocaptures
A form of aerobraking in which a spacecraft uses atmospheric drag to decelerate from a…A form of aerobraking in which a spacecraft uses atmospheric drag to decelerate from a hyperbolic trajectory into a closed orbit, eliminating the need for a large orbital-insertion burn and requiring only small correction burns to raise the spacecraft's periapsis out of the atmosphere.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)A form of aerobraking in which a spacecraft uses atmospheric drag to decelerate from a hyperbolic trajectory into a closed orbit, eliminating the need for a large orbital-insertion burn and requiring only small correction burns to raise the spacecraft's periapsis out of the atmosphere.
Origin
From aero- + capture.From aero- + capture.
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Forms
plural: aerocaptures| Singular | aerocapture |
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Word family
1 related wordsRelatedlithocapture
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable