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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