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FIRE 1

Atlas D · Materials Science

1964Launch Complex 12, Cape Canaveral

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.

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Mission Facts

Provider
USAF
Rocket
Atlas D
Orbit
Sub
Pad
Launch Complex 12
NET precision
Year
Data source
LL2
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