]>High-Fidelity Aerothermal Engineering Analysis for Planetary Probes Using DOTNET Framework and OLAP Cubes Database : Table 9
Table 9: Database of entry vehicles and flight entry trajectory data.

Flight vehiclesInertial entry velocity Relative entry velocity Peak heat velocity Inertial entry angle Control method
(km/s)(km/s)(km/s)(degrees)

Apollo AS-2028.297.77Roll modulation
Apollo 411.1410.7310.25 6 . 9 2 Roll modulation
Viking Lander 14.614.424.02 1 6 . 9 9 3-axis RCS
Pathfinder7.267.486.61 1 4 . 0 6 Ballistic
Genesis11.0010.809.2 8 . 0 0 Ballistic