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Definition of Retrorocket
1. Noun. A small rocket engine on a larger rocket or spacecraft that is fired to slow or alter its course.
Definition of Retrorocket
1. Noun. A small rocket engine on a larger rocket or spacecraft designed to slow or reverse its motion. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Retrorocket
Literary usage of Retrorocket
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Preventing the Forward Contamination of Mars by National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Preventing the Forward Contamination of Mars, National Research Council (U.S.). Space Studies Board, National Research Council (U.S.). Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences (2006)
"No subsequent comprehensive analyses for retrorocket contamination have been
performed. The Viking assessment results have served as the ad hoc basis for ..."
2. Salyut: Soviet Steps Toward Permanent Human Presence in Space: A Technical (2008)
"... life-support gear, batteries, attitude-control thrusters, and a retrorocket
to slow the vehicle for reentry into the Earth's atmosphere. ..."
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