How to Use nose cone in a Sentence

nose cone

noun
Definition of nose conenext
  • The nose cone was moved to the launch site on Wednesday.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 23 Oct. 2020
  • The nose cone houses radar and is much more fragile than the rest of the plane.
    — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 8 July 2020
  • For this, SpaceX needed to add large flaps to the tank section, and a nose cone.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 20 Oct. 2020
  • The impact severed the nose cone of the second airplane.
    — Washington Post, 13 June 2018
  • Once the rocket is in space, the nose cone, or payload fairing, splits in half and the pieces fall back to Earth.
    — Loren Grush, The Verge, 13 July 2018
  • The Takeaway The nose cone of a Kinzhal missile seems a lot less threatening on the ground with a large hole in it.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 16 May 2023
  • When the smoke cleared, all that was left of the rocket was a charred and misshapen nose cone resting on the landing pad.
    — Joe Pappalardo, Science, 10 Dec. 2020
  • Less than a minute later, the two halves of the nose cone fairing were jettisoned.
    — William Harwood, CBS News, 11 Nov. 2019
  • The company tried the trick for the first time in February, but the nose cone piece just missed the boat by a few hundred yards.
    — Loren Grush, The Verge, 30 Mar. 2018
  • Radar in the missiles' nose cones steer the missiles toward their targets.
    — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 9 Oct. 2015
  • SpaceX deploys a parafoil to guide the pieces of the nose cone back to Earth—after all, the payload fairing is worth about $7 million.
    — Robin Seemangal, Popular Mechanics, 4 May 2018
  • The nose cone is a radome, which is any dome that protects and encloses radar equipment.
    — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 8 July 2020
  • The red nose cone on Stefan Wilson’s car quickly gives way to a matte black hood.
    — Wilson Moore, The Indianapolis Star, 25 May 2022
  • Three years later, it was paraded again with a rounder, more blunt nose cone.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 17 Apr. 2017
  • The shuttle trains will be a hit for kids — there are handles for standing at a train’s front, which suggests a nose cone.
    — Kevin Spear, OrlandoSentinel.com, 19 Oct. 2017
  • Also known as the payload fairing, the nose cone is the bulbous structure that surrounds the satellite at the top of the rocket.
    — Loren Grush, The Verge, 16 Apr. 2018
  • But in January, Musk tweeted that strong winds had damaged the nose cone.
    — Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2019
  • The top half includes the vehicle’s nose cone, and the aft section is composed of barrels that make up the fuselage.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 25 July 2019
  • One odd aspect of the video: in two clips, the missile’s nose cone is blurred out on the left side, presumably to mask some new high-tech feature.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 12 Mar. 2018
  • The nose cone had separated from the rest of the plane and plowed into a five-foot ditch in the Burkhalters’ side yard, landing upside down.
    — Samme Chittum, Smithsonian, 26 Mar. 2018
  • That projectile, its nose cone wheeled to the launchpad by a bicycle, put a small payload 124 miles above the Earth.
    — Alex Travelli, New York Times, 4 July 2023
  • Its nose cone comes in two dimensions — a standard size of 51 feet in length, and a longer one, 70 feet, for larger payloads.
    — Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2024
  • This time, Elon Musk's company aimed to land the $6 million nose cone into a giant ocean net.
    — Gary Cotton, CNN, 30 Mar. 2018
  • The top half included its nose cone, and the aft section was composed of barrels making up the fuselage.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 4 Aug. 2019
  • The kit's modifications include plenty of front-end work, from the front lip spoiler to the new nose cone.
    — Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver, 29 Dec. 2021
  • The first piece of debris discovered was the vessel’s nose cone—part of a large debris field containing the front end of the pressure hull.
    — Alex Christian, WIRED, 29 June 2023
  • It was powered by three Raptors and had a nose cone and stabilizing body flaps.
    — Mike Wall, Scientific American, 10 Dec. 2020
  • That will help workers install the tips of the rockets, known as the forward assembly, which includes the nose cone and forward skirt.
    — Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2023
  • The first piece of debris discovered was the vessel’s nose cone, then a large debris field containing the front end bell of the pressure hull.
    — WIRED, 22 June 2023
  • Space dogs in the Soviet program—of which there were dozens—were female, since there was no room in the nose cone of the rocket ships for male dogs to lift their legs up and relieve themselves.
    — Emily Harnett, Harper's Magazine, 24 Apr. 2024

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