How to pronounce “static fire”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• (astronautics) A type of test where a fully-fueled launch vehicle's engines are fired at full thrust for several seconds while the vehicle is firmly clamped to the launch pad.
• [Verb]
• (astronautics) To perform a static fire test.

Practice Nearby Words

static-fire, test firing, hard launch, soft launch, fusion rocket, solid rocket, liftoff, test flight, torch drive, ion engine, booster, lift-off, fanjet, field test, thrust bucket, autofire, launch complex, working mass, selective fire, launch vehicle, fire engine, rocket, fire appliance, forward assist, mass driver, sustainer, thrust, full throttle, quint, maiden flight, jet engine, specific fuel consumption, space rocket, jet fuel, power dive, posigrade, torchship, sortie, afterburning, arcjet, test, ullage motor, step rocket, test pilot, specific thrust, air-to-surface missile, fuel injection, tumble motor, afterburner, liquid rocket, apparatus, aerial ladder, autoflare, launch lug, ignition, flat spin, tailsitter, wet mass, astronautics, air sport, turbofan, tanker, shakedown, spaceship, auto sear, crossfeed, stress test, windmill restart, flyoff, takeoff, crash test, four-stroking, turbo controller, rocket engine, forced landing, internal combustion engine, jato, fire truck, skytime, functional load, roadtest, flop tube, space flight, hyperburner, pulsejet, trial balloon, flyaround, cycle, tribotest, double action, flightcraft, reaction engine, rocket stage, space vehicle, burner, orion drive, footful, flare, fueling, space bridge

Similar Sounds

satisfier, set afire, static, statics, statically, state fair, statical, staticky, static line, satisfy