ballistic capsule

1. 1.

   a craft capable of traveling in outer space; technically, a satellite around the sun

   Synonymsspacecraftspace vehicle

   Broadercraftsatellite

   Narrowerlanderlunar excursion modulespace capsulespace shuttlestarship

   Partscabinheat shieldinertial guidance systemmodule

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.