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off-nominal insertion

When something doesn't go where all the players involved think it is going to go. Equally applicable when talking about putting spacecraft in orbit as it is when PIV aim gets a little off and ends up in surprise buttsecks.

You're aiming a little low there, big fella, going to end up with an off-nominal insertion if you poke any harder!

by PurplePirate December 20, 2019