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hard landing

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Kosmoseteaduse ja -tehnoloogia terminibaas

ID 612657 Last modified 22.12.2025
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Domain spacecraft & rocketsspace travel
  • kosmoseaparaadi järsk langemine taevakehale, mis tavaliselt lõpeb purunemisega
  • a relatively high-velocity impact landing of a "lander" spacecraft or probe on the surface of a planet or moon that usually destroys all equipment
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hard landing
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  • A hard landing, in some regions referred to as a heavy landing, is a landing in which the manufacturer's touchdown limitation, expressed either as a rate of descent or as a 'g' loading value, has been exceeded.

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