Airbraking

Translation of "airbraking" into Russian

airbraking

Noun

airbraking

аэродинамическое торможение

The spacecraft used airbraking to slow down as it approached the planet.

Космический аппарат использовал аэродинамическое торможение, чтобы замедлиться при приближении к планете.

Definitions

airbraking

Noun

The process of using aerodynamic surfaces or devices to slow down an aircraft or spacecraft by increasing drag.

The spacecraft employed airbraking to reduce its speed as it approached the planet's atmosphere.

airbrake

Verb

To slow or stop (a vehicle or aircraft) by using an airbrake, or to deploy an airbrake in order to reduce speed.

The pilot airbraked sharply to drop altitude before the runway.

airbraking

Pres. Participle

Relating to or involving airbraking; describing a maneuver or phase that slows an aircraft or spacecraft by increasing aerodynamic drag in an atmosphere.

The probe executed an airbraking maneuver to gradually lower its orbit.

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