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Re-entry

Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-004746

The return of a spacecraft or other object into Earth's atmosphere from space, during which drag and compression heat the vehicle to extreme temperatures and slow it down. Designers conventionally place the entry interface at about 120 km (75 miles) altitude, where atmospheric effects first become noticeable, which differs from the Kármán line at 100 km used as the boundary of space.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-IND-004746
FieldIndustrial and trades
SubjectAviation maintenance
See alsoReentrant; Reo
TranslationsGerman: Wiedereintritt; Spanish: reingreso; French: rentrée
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-004746",
  "term": "Re-entry",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "The return of a spacecraft or other object into Earth's atmosphere from space, during which drag and compression heat the vehicle to extreme temperatures and slow it down. Designers conventionally place the entry interface at about 120 km (75 miles) altitude, where atmospheric effects first become noticeable, which differs from the Kármán line at 100 km used as the boundary of space.",
  "subject": "Aviation maintenance",
  "see_also": [
    "reentrant",
    "reo"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "de": "Wiedereintritt",
    "es": "reingreso",
    "fr": "rentrée"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/re-entry/"
}

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