Array‐Based Seismic Measurements of OSIRIS‐REx’s Re‐Entry

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The return home of the OSIRIS‐REx spacecraft in September 2023 marked only the fifth time that an artificial object entered the Earth’s atmosphere at interplanetary velocities. Although rare, such events serve as valuable analogs for natural meteoroid re‐entries; enabling study of hypersonic dynamics, shock wave generation, and acoustic‐to‐seismic coupling. Here, we report on the signatures recorded by a dense (100 m scale) 11‐station array located almost directly underneath the capsule’s point of peak atmospheric heating in northern Nevada. Seismic data are presented, which allow inferences to be made about the shape of the shock wave’s footprint on the surface, the capsule’s trajectory, and its flight parameters.

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Item Type:	Article
Authors/Creators:	Fernando, B.A. Charalambous, C. Schmerr, N. Craig, T.J. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2198-9172 Wolf, J. Lewis, K. Sansom, E.K. Saliby, C. McCleary, M. Inman, J. LaPierre, J. Giannone, M.R. Pearson, K. Fleigle, M. Larmat, C. Karatekin, O. Hanson, L.E. Baliyan, S. Buttsworth, D. Cheng, H.C.J. Chinchalkar, N.S. Daly, L. Devillepoix, H.A.R. Gajani, A.M. Gerritzen, C.T. Harish Hicks, D.C. Johnson, R. Khan, S.Y. Lamm, S.N. Pesciotta, C. Rivlin, T. Rolland, L. Thiemans, M.M. Turner, A.R. Zandar, F.
Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information:	This is an author produced version of an article published in Seismological Research Letters, made available under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Dates:	Accepted: 9 December 2024 Published (online): 12 February 2025 Published: 1 September 2025
Institution:	The University of Leeds
Academic Units:	The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Earth and Environment (Leeds) > Inst of Geophysics and Tectonics (IGT) (Leeds)
Funding Information:	Funder Grant number Royal Society URF\R\231019 Royal Society URF\R1\180088
Date Deposited:	23 Jan 2025 12:00
Last Modified:	09 Jul 2026 08:01
Status:	Published
Publisher:	Seismological Society of America
Identification Number:	10.1785/0220240339
Related URLs:	Dataset
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID):	oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:222197

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