Drogue Recovery

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Drogue Recovery

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A type of recovery system for space vehicles or space capsules after initial reentry into the atmosphere using deployment of on ore more small parachutes to diminish speed, to reduce aerodynamic heating, and to stabilize the vehicle so that larger recovery parachutes can be safely deployed at lower altitudes without too great an opening shock. </dd>

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