suicide burn (English, noun)
expansion: suicide burn (plural suicide burns)
Senses:
topics: aerospace
astronautics
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A method of soft-landing a rocket with a well-timed, high-thrust engine burn starting at the last possible second, such that it reaches a vertical speed of zero at precisely or almost precisely at the exact moment that it touches the landing pad and the engine shuts down.
topics: aerospace
astronautics
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An instance of such a landing.
topics: aerospace
astronautics
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A rocket firing during such a landing.
Forms:
form: suicide burns
tags: plural