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air breakup
The disintegration of a space vehicle caused by aerodynamic forces upon reentry. It may be induced deliberately to cause large parts of a vehicle to break into smaller parts and burn up during reentry, or reduce the impact speed of test records and instruments that need to be recovered.
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• REENTRY PHYSICS AND TERMINOLOGY
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