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YOYO-DESPIN [1 record]

Record 1 2006-03-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Launchers (Astronautics)
CONT

Ignitor Housing - This section contains the yoyo-despin system and the thrust termination system. After the Black Brant has burned out, the rocket is spinning at about 4 cps. The yoyo-despin releases a weight attached to a long wire coiled about the rocket, thus carrying away angular momentum.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lanceurs (Astronautique)
OBS

Pluriel : des yoyos; des yo-yo.

OBS

yoyo (sing.) : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2006).

Key term(s)
  • freinage de la rotation par système yo-yo

Spanish

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