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Definition of Drogue parachute
1. Noun. A small parachute that pulls the main parachute from its storage pack.
2. Noun. A parachute used to decelerate an object that is moving rapidly.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Drogue Parachute
Literary usage of Drogue parachute
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Vostok Station: Point of Impact by Plowright, Kerry (2005)
"The Cub flew with a trailing wire antennae nearly 10km long with a drogue parachute
at the end. During transmission the aircraft flew in a continuous tight ..."
2. Report of the Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident by Southgate Publishers, DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"... which are separated at water impact, and loss of the frustum of the boosters,
which has the drogue parachute on it, which comes down separately, ..."
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