Spacecraft
防热盾
Heat shield
The layer protecting a vehicle during reentry.
A capsule's surface can pass 1600 °C.
Related terms
- Reusable — A launcher that flies again after recovery.
- Booster — Strap-on or parallel stages giving extra thrust at liftoff.
- Thrust — Force from an engine, given in kilonewtons or tonnes-force.
- Specific impulse — Impulse per unit of propellant — an efficiency measure.