shuttle reentry

From: Dale Ireland (direland@drdale.com)
Date: Wed Nov 07 2007 - 04:35:43 UTC

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    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
    
    
    
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