Atlas D | FIRE 2
Status: Success | Launched: May 22, 1965 21:55 UTC
Launch Provider & Rocket
- Provider: United States Air Force (Government)
- Rocket: SM-65D Atlas — Atlas family
Mission
FIRE (Flight Investigation of Re-Entry) was a high-speed reentry heat research program to obtain data on materials, heating rates, and radio signal attenuation on spacecraft reentering the atmosphere at speeds of about 24,500 miles per hour.
- Type: Materials Science
- Orbit: Suborbital (Sub)
Launch Site
- Pad: Launch Complex 12
- Location: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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