#Help with the deorbit burn times

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hybrid tree
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Hello people im new here and first time posting!. I tried to find information about the deorbit burn message from mission control but couldnt find any. So i open the burn planner and calculate for a 2° entry. According to the checklist, CM/SM separation will happen 12 min before entry interphase. What i understand from the message in the picture the burn GETI is at 004:33:46 but then the CM/SM separation is at 004:31:24 and the EI is at 004:45:01 am i correct?. But of course the separation time cannot be before the deorbit burn. So maybe im reading it or doing it wrong?. Thank you!

weak grove
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Your orbit is a bit too low, try boosting up to a 180ish nmi apoapsis and requesting a burn there. You’ll have much more time to blow the SM.

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You can also reference TIG instead of sep time in the prep checklist and blow the SM right after cutoff. It doesn’t matter too much the precise time as long as you ditch it before hitting the atmosphere.