retrofire time

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retrofire time [′re·trō‚fīr ‚tīm]

(aerospace engineering)

The computed starting time and duration of firing of retrorockets to decrease the speed of a recovery capsule and make it reenter the earth's atmosphere at the correct point for a planned landing.

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