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heat shield

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Kosmoseteaduse ja -tehnoloogia terminibaas

ID 612821 Last modified 20.12.2021
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Domain spacecraft & rockets
soojuskaitsekiht preferred
heat shield preferred
  • kosmoselaeva kaitsekiht atmosfääris kuumenemise vastu
  • the special structure used to protect a reentry body or aerospace vehicle from aerodynamic heating on flight through a planet's atmosphere
soojuskaitsekiht preferred
heat shield preferred
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  • The heat shield is one of the most critical elements of orion and protects the capsule and teh astronauts inside from the nearly 5,000 degreed Fahrenheit temperatures, abour half as hot as the Sun, experienced during reentry through Earth's atmosphere when coming home from lunar velocities.

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