Retrorocketing

Translation of "retrorocketing" into Russian

Noun

retrorocketing

retrorocketings pl

The spacecraft used a retrorocket to slow down before landing.

Космический аппарат использовал ретроракету, чтобы замедлиться перед посадкой.

Noun

The act or process of using a retrorocket to slow down or alter the trajectory of a spacecraft or missile.

The retrorocketing was crucial for the spacecraft's safe landing on the lunar surface.

An individual instance of firing retrorockets to decelerate or redirect a spacecraft or missile.

Mission control confirmed three separate retrorocketings during the capsule's re-entry.

Pres. Participle

Describing or relating to the action of firing retrorockets in order to slow or change course.

The retrorocketing thrust reduced the probe's speed before touchdown.