auxiliary rocket
1Rocket mail — For the webmail service that became Yahoo! Mail, see Rocketmail. The SSM N 8 Regulus cruise missile was used for one attempt to deliver mail. Rocket mail is the delivery of mail by rocket or missile. The rocket would land by deploying an internal …
2rocket-assisted takeoff — A method of assisted takeoff for use with heavy loaded aircraft and/or taking off from a high altitude airfield. Auxiliary booster rockets, attached to the airframe, are ignited at the critical time during takeoff to provide the requisite… …
3posigrade rocket — /poz i grayd /, Rocketry. an auxiliary rocket used to separate the sections of a multistage rocket, fired in the direction of flight. [1960 65; POSI(TIVE) + GRADE (perh. modeled on retrograde)] * * * posigrade rocket noun A small propellant… …
4posigrade rocket — /poz i grayd /, Rocketry. an auxiliary rocket used to separate the sections of a multistage rocket, fired in the direction of flight. [1960 65; POSI(TIVE) + GRADE (perh. modeled on retrograde)] * * * …
5vernier rocket — vernier engine or vernier rocket, a small auxiliary rocket engine used for minute adjustments in velocity or trajectory, such as before a spacecraft soft lands or docks: »On Jan. 9, 1968, following a 66 hour flight, a large retrorocket and three… …
6retro-rocket — noun Date: 1957 an auxiliary rocket engine (as on a spacecraft) used in decelerating …
7retro-rocket — n. an auxiliary rocket for slowing down a spacecraft etc., e.g. when re entering the earth s atmosphere …
8Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster — The Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Boosters (SRBs) are the pair of large solid rockets used by the Space Shuttle during the first two minutes of powered flight. They are located on either side of the orange external propellant tank. Each SRB produces …
9Thor rocket — Missile initially developed by the U.S. Air Force as an intermediate range ballistic missile. It became operational in 1958 and was later modified to serve as the first stage of launch vehicles for several spacecraft. The Thor missile force was… …
10Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket — Artist s impression of several VASIMR engines propelling a craft through space The Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket (VASIMR) is an electro magnetic thruster for spacecraft propulsion. It uses radio waves to ionize and heat a… …
