Usually means: Slowing spacecraft using planetary atmospheres.
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  1. aerobrake: Merriam-Webster
  2. aerobrake: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. aerobrake: Collins English Dictionary
  4. aerobrake: Wiktionary
  5. aerobrake: Dictionary.com
  6. Aerobrake: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. Aerobrake: TheFreeDictionary.com
  8. aerobrake: Merriam-Webster

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▸ noun:  A mechanism for aerobraking.
▸ verb:  To perform aerobraking.

Similar:
aeroassisting, aerobraking, aerobreaking, autobrake, airbrake, aerocapture, aerobridge, aerobot, aerobar, airscrew, more...

Opposite:
propulsive braking, retrograde burn, deceleration burn

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Similar:
aeroassisting, aerobraking, aerobreaking, autobrake, airbrake, aerocapture, aerobridge, aerobot, aerobar, airscrew, more...

Opposite:
propulsive braking, retrograde burn, deceleration burn



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