"yo-yo despin" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Etymology: From the cables being wrapped around the spacecraft and unreeling in the manner of a double yo-yo. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} yo-yo despin (uncountable)
  1. (astronautics) A method of reducing the rotation rate of a rapidly-spinning spacecraft by unreeling a pair of weights from the spinning spacecraft, greatly increasing the spacecraft's moment of inertia and transferring most of the spacecraft's angular momentum to the weights. Wikipedia link: yo-yo despin Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Astronautics Synonyms: yo-yo de-spin Related terms: yo-yo weight

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