Definition of translunar in English:
translunar
adjectivetranzˈluːnətrɑːnz--ns-transˈlo͞onər
Relating to or denoting the trajectory of a spacecraft travelling between the earth and the moon.
Example sentencesExamples
- The spacecraft breaks out of Earth's orbit and establishes a translunar trajectory, or path toward the Moon.
- Two opportunities for translunar injection are provided.
- He sent men out of Earth's orbit for the first time with the command, ‘You are go for TLI’ (translunar injection).
- The upper stage is jettisoned after the translunar injection burn, leaving the Soyuz and logistics module to complete the six-day round-trip mission.
- The highly technical reports of Apollo, accessible to but not generally understood by the public, give the three-dimensional details of the translunar trajectory.
- For example, the initial stage could provide the translunar insertion burn, then stay attached on the way to the moon.
- If the parking orbit's plane is not the same as the moon's, the translunar trajectory will be inclined to the moon's orbit but this is no problem.