Air Breakup

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Air Breakup

The breakup of a test reentry body after reentry into the atmosphere.
Air breakup is sometimes provided for, as by the firing of a cartridge inside the reentry body, so as to retard the fall of certain pieces and increase the chances of their recovery. See blowoff.

References

This article is based on NASA's Dictionary of Technical Terms for Aerospace Use