It has been many years since we have had a reentry pass over the US Northwest or Midwest US. I posted this table years ago and the info is still relative. I can't find anything more contemporary. If anyone has a link to a better table I would appreciate it. I would like more information about parameters along the path like maximum heating, acceleration rate, etc etc. Looks like clouds for tomorrow here in Seattle and a little too far north to hear the boom :( Good luck spotting it.. Dale VR is Mach number, Alpha is angle of attack, R is range in nautical miles, H is altitude in Kfeet, Href if reference altitude rate (read H-dot, there should be a dot above the H) in feet/sec, Rref is reference roll angle in degrees. VR Alpha R H Href Rref 24.5 40 4088 400 24 40 2660 250 -45 R85 23 40 2200 245 -61 74 22 40 1825 240 -80 67 21 40 1540 230 -100 64 20 40 1310 225 -119 62 19 40 1130 220 -138 61 18 40 980 210 -161 62 17 40 860 205 -177 62 16 40 760 200 -188 63 15 40 680 190 -202 64 14 HI 40 LO 650 185 -127 62 13 43 40 37 540 180 -137 60 12 43 40 37 475 175 -155 58 11 42 39 36 420 170 -196 L55 10 41 39 35 370 168 -176 45 9 39 37 33 320 161 -209 41 8 36 35 30 270 153 -242 39 7 33 32 27 229 143 -271 38 6 29 28 23 184 132 -274 39 5 26 24 20 141 122 -272 R38 4 22 20 17 105 107 -264 40 3 18 16 14 74 90 -249 39 2.5 13 61 83 -247 2 12 49 78 1.5 37 66 1 28 52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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