Factors influencing the design and performance of mars entry vehicles.

reference area planetary miss distance, rp (1 + 2/i/rpFco), in Fig. 2, ft (or km) receiver bandwidth [Eq. (1) and Fig. 4], cps drag coefficient lift curve slope pitch damping coefficient diameter, ft receiver noise figure [Eq. (1)] frequency, cps total antenna gain gravitational acceleration; gc at Mars surface = 12.3 ft/sec atmosphere scale height, ft (or km) noise power density, w-sec/cycle atmospheric losses (Earth + Mars, if direct link) total circuit loss free space loss reference length, ft molecular weight mass, slug transmitted power, w pressure; psurf = surface pressure on Mars, psf (or mb, if stated) stagnation pressure, psf integrated heat load during entry, Btu/ft heat flux; Qc = convective flux at stagnation point; Qr = radiative flux, Btu/ft-sec q R Re RX Rsnt rp S

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