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suicide burn
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Meaning suicide burn meaning
What does suicide burn mean?
suicide burn
noun
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(rocketry) A method of landing a rocket vehicle using rocket thrust, where a precisely timed and metered rocket burn, at the moments before touchdown, is used to soft-land a rocket on its tail.
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(rocketry) An instance of such a landing.
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(rocketry) A rocket firing during such a landing.
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