midcourse
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noun
1.
the middle of a course.
2.
Rocketry. the portion of a ballistic trajectory between the end of powered flight and the beginning of the reentry phase.
3.
Aerospace. the portion of a space trajectory between leaving the earth's vicinity and arrival at the desired destination, as another planet.
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Midcourse
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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The planned midcourse maneuver was designed to carryout this function.
The option for the first spacecraft midcourse correction was not exercised.
The information below summarizes the results of the midcourse survey.
Onboard midcourse navigation techniques were thoroughly exercised.
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