UNDOCK Definition & Meaning

undock

[ uhn-dok ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

to uncouple (two spacecraft modules or a spacecraft and space station).

verb (used without object)

(of a spacecraft module or spacecraft) to uncouple.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of undock¹

First recorded in 1920–25; un- ² + dock ¹

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The experiment will then demonstrate "undocking and separation of the two satellites".

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The Starliner, meanwhile, would remotely undock and return to Earth without a crew.

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If a series of unlikely failures had occurred with the propulsion system after undocking, Mr. Wilmore and Ms. Williams could conceivably have been stranded in orbit.

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"The undocking has taken place," Moscow mission control said.

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The SpaceX capsule carrying the four parachuted into the Gulf of Mexico, just off the Florida Panhandle, 12 hours after undocking from the orbiting lab.

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