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Droneship
Droneship meaning
A ship that can operate autonomously or telerobotically, like a drone, without a crew onboard.
Example sentences (4)
A little more then eight minutes after liftoff, the first stage booster is set to touchdown on a SpaceX droneship, stationed in the Atlantic Ocean west of the Bahamas.
Using fins for aerodynamic guidance, the booster navigates back towards an autonomous droneship where it is supposed to safely land.
A secondary goal for the fifth Starlink mission, as with most SpaceX launches, was to recover the first stage of the Falcon 9 by landing it on a droneship stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.
The reusable rocket booster successfully landed upright on a droneship in the Atlantic ocean nine minutes after launch.