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Old December 17th 10, 03:29 PM posted to sci.space.history
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Default Buran landing & night launch video

The Space Shuttle does wide banking turns during reentry and landing to bleed off airspeed...

As does, FWIW, X-37B, though I don't know how the trajectory compares
to the Shuttle's in terms of number and width of turns.