I do not know what it is, but sometimes I find that Afterburner is not operated at full capacity.
I have already noticed this before, but I was not paying attention. I bought a Xenon Thurster, which gives the performance of 212, but during "problem phase" only cca 130. Usually this happens to me when I'm around objects.
Now I'm flying "Horizon" from the Sol System.
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