Scout X-3A | Reentry-2
Status: Success | Launched: Aug 31, 1962 16:25 UTC
Launch Provider & Rocket
- Provider: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Government)
- Rocket: Scout X-3A — Scout family
Mission
Test of experimental heatshield material performance under heating loads near those of a lunar reentry.
- Type: Materials Science
- Orbit: Suborbital (Sub)
Launch Site
- Pad: Launch Area 3
- Location: Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
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