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====Real (non-equilibrium) gas model====
A non-equilibrium real gas model is the most accurate model of a shock layer's gas physics, but is more difficult to solve than an equilibrium model. The simplest non-equilibrium model is the ''Lighthill-Freeman model'' developed in 1958.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Lighthill |first=M.J. |title=Dynamics of a Dissociating Gas. Part I. Equilibrium Flow |journal=Journal of Fluid Mechanics |volume=2 |pages=1–32 |date=Jan 1957 |doi=10.1017/S0022112057000713 |issue=1|bibcode = 1957JFM.....2....1L |s2cid=120442951 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=Freeman |first=N.C. |title=Non-equilibrium Flow of an Ideal Dissociating Gas |journal=Journal of Fluid Mechanics |volume=4 |pages=407–425 |date=Aug 1958 |doi=10.1017/S0022112058000549 |issue=04|doi-broken-date=OctoberNovember 101, 2024 |bibcode = 1958JFM.....4..407F |s2cid=122671767 }}</ref> The Lighthill-Freeman model initially assumes a gas made up of a single diatomic species susceptible to only one chemical formula and its reverse; e.g., N<sub>2</sub> = N + N and N + N = N<sub>2</sub> (dissociation and recombination). Because of its simplicity, the Lighthill-Freeman model is a useful pedagogical tool, but is too simple for modelling non-equilibrium air. Air is typically assumed to have a mole fraction composition of 0.7812 molecular nitrogen, 0.2095 molecular oxygen and 0.0093 argon. The simplest real gas model for air is the ''five species model'', which is based upon N<sub>2</sub>, O<sub>2</sub>, NO, N, and O. The five species model assumes no ionization and ignores trace species like carbon dioxide.
 
When running a Gibbs free energy equilibrium program,{{clarify|date=August 2018}} the iterative process from the originally specified molecular composition to the final calculated equilibrium composition is essentially random and not time accurate. With a non-equilibrium program, the computation process is time accurate and follows a solution path dictated by chemical and reaction rate formulas. The five species model has 17 chemical formulas (34 when counting reverse formulas). The Lighthill-Freeman model is based upon a single ordinary differential equation and one algebraic equation. The five species model is based upon 5 ordinary differential equations and 17 algebraic equations.{{Citation needed|date=December 2017}} Because the 5 ordinary differential equations are tightly coupled, the system is numerically "stiff" and difficult to solve. The five species model is only usable for entry from [[low Earth orbit]] where entry velocity is approximately {{cvt|7.8|km/s|km/h mph}}. For lunar return entry of 11&nbsp;km/s<!-- 36545 ft/s in NASA 1960s units -->,<ref>[https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19690029435.pdf Entry Aerodynamics at Lunar Return Conditions Obtained from the Fliigh of Apollo 4] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411091352/https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19690029435.pdf |date=April 11, 2019 }}, Ernest R. Hillje, NASA, TN: D-5399, accessed 29 December 2018.</ref> the shock layer contains a significant amount of ionized nitrogen and oxygen. The five-species model is no longer accurate and a twelve-species model must be used instead.
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Atmospheric entry has a measurable impact on [[Earth's atmosphere]], particularly the [[stratosphere]].
 
Atmospheric entry by spacecrafts have reached 3 % of all atmospheric entries by 2021, but in a scenario in which the number of satellites from 2019 are doubled artificial entries would make 40 % of all,<ref name="h473">{{citecitation | title=Burned-up satellites are polluting the atmosphere | publisher=American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) | date=23 July 2024 | doi=10.1126/science.zub5l4y | page=}}</ref> which would cause atmospheric [[aerosols]] to be 94 % artificial.<ref name="p330">{{cite journal | lastlast1=Schulz | firstfirst1=Leonard | last2=Glassmeier | first2=Karl-Heinz | title=On the anthropogenic and natural injection of matter into Earth’sEarth's atmosphere | journal=Advances in Space Research | publisher=Elsevier BV | volume=67 | issue=3 | year=2021 | issn=0273-1177 | doi=10.1016/j.asr.2020.10.036 | doi-access=free | pages=1002–1025| arxiv=2008.13032 | bibcode=2021AdSpR..67.1002S }}</ref> The impact of spacecrafts burning up in the atmosphere during artificial atmospheric entry is different to meteors due to the spacecrafts' generally larger size and different composition. The atmospheric pollutants produced by artificial atmospheric burning-up have been traced in the atmosphere and identified as reacting and possibly negatively impacting the composition of the atmosphere and particularly the [[ozone layer]].<ref name="h473"/>
 
Considering [[space sustainability]] in regard to atmospheric impact of re-entry is by 2022 just developing<ref name="b448">{{cite journal | lastlast1=Miraux | firstfirst1=Loïs | last2=Wilson | first2=Andrew Ross | last3=Dominguez Calabuig | first3=Guillermo J. | title=Environmental sustainability of future proposed space activities | journal=Acta Astronautica | publisher=Elsevier BV | volume=200 | year=2022 | issn=0094-5765 | doi=10.1016/j.actaastro.2022.07.034 | doi-access=free | pages=329–346| bibcode=2022AcAau.200..329M }}</ref> and has been identified in 2024 as suffering from "atmosphere-blindness", causing global [[environmental injustice]].<ref name="p583">{{cite journal | lastlast1=Flamm | firstfirst1=Patrick | last2=Lambach | first2=Daniel | last3=Schaefer-Rolffs | first3=Urs | last4=Stolle | first4=Claudia | last5=Braun | first5=Vitali | title=Space sustainability through atmosphere pollution? De-orbiting, atmosphere-blindness and planetary environmental injustice | journal=The Anthropocene Review | publisher=SAGE Publications | date=6 June 2024 | issn=2053-0196 | doi=10.1177/20530196241255088 | doi-access=free | page=}}</ref> This is identified as a result of the current end-of life spacecraft management, which favors the [[Orbital station-keeping|station keeping]] practice of controlled re-entry.<ref name="p583"/> This is mainly done to prevent the dangers from uncontrolled atmospheric entries and [[space debris]].<ref name="p583"/>
 
Suggested alternatives are the use of less polluting materials and by in-orbit servicing and potentially in-space recycling.<ref name="b448"/><ref name="p583"/>
 
==Gallery==
<gallery widths="200px" heights="150px">SoyuzCRS TMAOrb-05M2 spacecraftCygnus 3 reentry.jpg|CloseCygnus upreentering, ofas reentryseen from the International trailSpace (Soyuz)Station
Soyuz TMA-05M spacecraft reentry.jpg|Close up of reentry trail (Soyuz)
Soyuz TMA-05M capsule reentry.jpg|Early reentry [[Plasma (physics)|plasma]] trail (Soyuz)
File:Re-entry of Progress Spacecraft 42P - NASA Earth Observatory.jpg|[[Progress (spacecraft)|Progress]] during atmospheric entry over Earth
STS-135 Space Shuttle Atlantis reentryin seenthe fromsky theon July 21, 2011, to its final ISSlanding.jpg|Space Shuttle reentry
Space Shuttle reentry aboard flight deck.jpg|Space Shuttle cockpit view during reentry</gallery>
 
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