astrogate

An obsolete verb meaning to navigate or steer a ship, or to guide through the stars.

• 🇵🇹Verbo raro e antiquado que significa pilotar uma nave ou traçar o curso guiando-se pelas estrelas.

1. Guide in interplanetary travel C2 formal technical

   To direct or control the course of a spacecraft through space, especially between planets.

   • The mission commander will astrogate the probe to Mars.
   • They trained for years to learn how to astrogate through the asteroid belt.
   • The computer system can astrogate the ship automatically.

   🇵🇹Pilotar em viagem interplanetária

   Sinônimos: directguidenavigatepilotsteer

2. Navigate in space C2 formal technical

   To determine and follow a path or route through outer space.

   • The astronauts must astrogate carefully to avoid space debris.
   • Using the stars, early space explorers learned to astrogate manually.
   • The new software allows the rover to astrogate across the lunar surface.

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