retrofire

Speech parts

1. retrofire - Adjective

2. retrofire - Verb

Meaning

retrofire (not comparable)

Describing rockets that are directed opposite to the direction of motion and used to slow down.
The spaceship needs to turn around so its retrofire rockets slow it down and put it in a lower orbit.

retrofire (third-person singular simple present retrofires, present participle retrofiring, simple past and past participle retrofired)

To fire the retrofire rockets of a craft.

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Examples

The automatic orientation system brought Vostok 1 into alignment for retrofire about 1 hour into the flight. Source: Internet

With the exception of the 20 seconds of retrofire during which the pilot would experience g-force. Source: Internet

At this point, retrofire is 15 minutes away. Source: Internet

Re-entry Splashdown of Gemini 10. The last day of the mission was short and retrofire came at 70 hours and 10 minutes into the mission. Source: Internet

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