Aerocapture
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Aerocapture is a noun meaning (intransitive) To perform (an) aerocapture.
Meaning
(intransitive) To perform (an) aerocapture.
More Meanings
- (astronautics) 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.
Word Forms
- aerocaptures
- aerocapturing
- aerocaptured
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include aerobraking, aerobreaking, lithocapture, aerobrake, aeroassisting, aerobot.
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