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Table 9 Comparisons of complete communication blackout between predictions and the flight observations

From: DSMC modeling of rarefied ionization reactions and applications to hypervelocity spacecraft reentry flows

State

Forecast value(km)

Observed value(km)

Difference(km)

First reentry

95~97

97.1

~ 2

First jump-out

~ 85

86.3

<  2

Second reentry

~ 85

83.5

<  2