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Spacecraft protector during reentry
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heatshield
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A system designed to protect what is behind it against heat. 2 (context astronautics English) An ablative system designed to protect an object entering an atmosphere at high speed from the resulting very high temperature.
Usage examples of heatshield.
It bounces about like a dying man on the end of a rope as I drop through the stratopause, shedding bits of molten heatshield and jinking about to break radar lock.