midcourse

adjective

mid·course ˈmid-ˈkȯrs

: being or occurring in the middle part of a course (as of a spacecraft)

a midcourse correction

Examples of midcourse in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web This isn't the first time the nation has managed it; in 2010, China used a midcourse interceptor, likely another DN-3, to destroy a target missile in the exoatmosphere, or roughly 62 miles above the earth's surface. —

Popular Science, 13 Feb. 2018 On the way down As with all ballistic missiles, gravity takes over after the midcourse phase, and the warhead falls toward its target. —

Gerry Doyle, The Seattle Times, 11 Aug. 2017

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