ballistic capsule

Questions about ballistic capsule

What does ballistic capsule mean?

ballistic capsule means "a craft capable of traveling in outer space; technically, a satellite around the sun".

What is another word for ballistic capsule?

Close synonyms include spacecraft, space vehicle. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ballistic capsule a common word?

ballistic capsule is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.