aerocaptures

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A form of aerocapture — 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.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of aerocapture
verb
  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of aerocapture
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APA

aerocaptures. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aerocaptures

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“aerocaptures.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aerocaptures. Accessed November 4, 2026.

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