From: andrew.gray@dunelm.org.uk   
      
   On 2005-02-15, David Summers  wrote:   
   >   
   > Another related question - is it possible to get telemetry during   
   > re-entry?  (Assuming a very high altitude / high L/D / high Drag to   
   > mass re-entry)  I know that the shuttle manages to get some data   
   > through its plasma sheat, so is that technology something a small   
   > company can use?   
      
   The Shuttle's telemetry, as I understand it, doesn't go "through" the   
   plasma sheath, but rather out of the "back" of it, and is relayed   
   through one of the TDRS satellites in geostationary orbit.   
      
   It may well be considered impractical to replicate this capability   
   yourself.   
      
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