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On the other hand, the atmosphere can be used to accomplish aerobraking.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The kinetic energy dissipated by aerobraking is converted to heat, meaning that a spacecraft using the technique needs to be capable of dissipating this heat.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.However, aerobraking is typically done with many orbital passes through a higher altitude, and therefore thinner region of the atmosphere.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The related techniques of aerocapture, aerobraking, and atmospheric entry also attempt to use the body's atmosphere to help reduce propulsion requirements.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.During these six months, aerobraking reduced the orbit period to between 12 and 6 hours.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This heat shield would then be jettisoned after aerobraking so the pilot could see, and safely land.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Generally aerobraking is used to circularize a highly elliptical capture orbit while minimizing the use of on board fuel.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.During descent, the orbiter passed through different layers of the atmosphere and decelerated from hypersonic speed primarily by aerobraking.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Only one pass in the atmosphere is required by this technique, in contrast with aerobraking.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Descent speed was reduced from 41,696 km/h to about 900 km/h by aerobraking.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Above the pressure sphere was a cylindrical antenna structure and a wide dish shaped structure that resembled an antenna but was actually anaerobrake.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It has been proposed for use during aerocapture and aerobraking.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.When aerobraking is done in this way, there is sufficient time after each pass to measure the change in velocity and make any necessary corrections for the next pass.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In order to land safely or enter a stable orbit the spacecraft must rely entirely on rocket motors since aerobraking is ruled out because the planet has very little atmosphere.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The word was probably coined as a whimsical adaptation of aerobraking, which is the process of slowing a space vehicle by the use of friction against a planet's atmosphere.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This is an incredibly risky maneuver, one which they almost do not complete because they are about to use anaerobrakedeployment system that is non-functional.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Since a gravity assist maneuver can change the speed of a spacecraft without expending propellant, if and when possible, combined with aerobraking, it can save significant amounts of propellant.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These vehicles have used wings to provide aerobraking to return from orbit and to provide lift, allowing them to land on a runway like conventional aircraft.
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